Certain things, certain events, seem inexplicable only for a time: up to the moment when the veil is torn aside.
Elie WieselI feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.
Elie WieselI've worked with five Presidents in America, all of them I ask the same question always: Why didn't the American allies bomb the railways going to Auschwitz?
Elie WieselOnce upon a time refugee meant somebody who has a refuge, found a place, a haven where he could find refuge.
Elie WieselAs for the discipline, we [me and Frank Moore Cross] belong to two different disciplines. One involves research and archaeological materials. Mine is more interpretive. But it is the love for the text that is there, and that is what makes the whole adventure of reading and studying and sharing worthwhile.
Elie Wiesel