There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.

I listen to music when I write. I need the musical background. Classical music. I'm behind the times. I'm still with Baroque music, Gregorian chant, the requiems, and with the quartets of Beethoven and Brahms. That is what I need for the climate, for the surroundings, for the landscape: the music.

Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

But because of his telling, many who did not believe have come to believe, and some who did not care have come to care. He tells the story, out of infinite pain, partly to honor the dead, but also to warn the living - to warn the living that it could happen again and that it must never happen again. Better than one heart be broken a thousand times in the retelling, he has decided, if it means that a thousand other hearts need not be broken at all. (vi)

First we must understand that there can be no life without risk - and when our center is strong, everything else is secondary, even the risks.

It takes more than a few generations to change a human nation. Those who are intent to bring (change) will do so.