"The Holocaust may belong to history, but it was the price we paid to become a nation. Auschwitz was like a cradle of death that enabled future generations of Israelis to live."

“Keeping up the appearance of having all your marbles is hard work, but important.”

Source : Sara Gruen (2016). “The Sara Gruen Collection: Water for Elephants - At the Water's Edge - Ape House”, p.71, Hachette UK

“A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him.”

“You can't be a legend in your parent's basement.”

“They have the guns, we have the poets. Therefore, we will win.”

“Gluttony and Lust are the only sins that abuse something that is essential to our survival.”

Source : Henry Fairlie (1979). “The Seven Deadly Sins Today”

“Neglect of private prayer is the locust which devours the strength of the church.”

“I am certain that a Sewing Machine would relieve as much human suffering as a hundred Lunatic Asylums, and possibly a good deal more.”

“A good antidote to nostalgia is to go home, and then you remember why you left.”