If you begin by saying, 'Thou shalt not lie,' there is no longer any possibility of political action.

Life begins on the other side of despair.

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens.

Uncalled-for aggression arouses the hatred of the civilian population.

If you seek authenticity for authenticity's sake you are no longer authentic.

I will take it all: tongs, molten lead, prongs, garrotes, all that burns, all that tears, I want to truly suffer. Better one hundred bites, better the whip, vitriol, than this suffering in the head, this ghost of suffering which grazes and caresses and never hurts enough.

Because the Nazi venom worked its way even into our thoughts, every accurate thought was a conquest; because an all-powerful police sought to force us into silence every word became as precious as a declaration of principle; because we were persecuted, each of our gestures carried the weight of a commitment.