"After Auschwitz, I no longer cry at funerals."

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Source : Charlotte Delbo (1995). “Auschwitz and After”, p.339, Yale University Press

Charlotte Delbo

#Funeral Quotes #Cry Quotes #Auschwitz Quotes

“I have no doubt I was someone very interesting in a past life.”
“It does not seem possible to think of oneself as normal without thinking that some other kind of person is pathological,”

Source : Michael Warner (2000). “The Trouble with Normal: Sex, Politics, and the Ethics of Queer Life”, p.60, Harvard University Press
“Often I combine many sources to create one painting, so it is not usually one particular experience or moment that leads to its creation. I think most artists are just open nets and catch all sorts of inspiration along the way of our daily lives, and that all comes to together in strange and different ways in the studio.”
“The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.”
“I haven't had a lot of celebrities around me growing up”
“Now in business we do a cost benefit analysis before we make policy changes. Washington should as well.”
“Making music, being creative in some primal way, should be fun. Listening to it or playing it can and should take you out of yourself for some brief blissful moments.”
“If King Harold had had swans on his side, England would still be Saxon.”

Source : Connie Willis (2009). “To Say Nothing of the Dog”, p.143, Bantam

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