Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of madness?
Elie WieselThe impact of the holocaust on believers as well as unbelievers, on Jews as well as Christians, has not yet been evaluated. Not deeply, not enough.
Elie WieselPain is essential. Often I cannot avoid it.Therefore all one can do is redeem it; and the only way to redeem it is through literature, art, poetry, music.
Elie Wiesel