"The West's post-Holocaust pledge that genocide would never again be tolerated proved to be hollow, and for all the fine sentiments inspired by the memory of Auschwitz, the problem remains that denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good."

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Source : Philip Gourevitch (2015). “We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Picador Classic”, p.122, Pan Macmillan

Philip Gourevitch

#Memories Quotes #Evil Quotes #Holocaust Quotes

“And the rest is rust and stardust.”

Source : Vladimir Nabokov (2016). “Lolita”, p.142, Hamilton Books
“Sophia Loren plays peasants. I play ladies.”
“There's the instability of my attitude as an artist, the instability of our perception of the world, and the idea that with this mix, you never know exactly what's the point of view of the filmmaker. This breaks the stability of the belief that a filmmaker is somebody who has a logical relationship with his own material. These elements create this atmosphere that I find more interesting than a normal atmosphere, based only on the characters.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“No book can be appreciated until it has been slept with and dreamed over.”

Source : Eugene Field (2012). “The Works of Eugene Field Vol. VII: The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac”, p.31, Cosimo, Inc.
“Your whole body, from wingtip to wingtip," Jonathan would say, other times, "is nothing more than your thought itself, in a form you can see. Break the chains of your thought, and you break the chains of your body, too.”
“For me, everything definitely comes from music.”
“Much of the world is focused on answers. This unfortunate. Situations change, the earth turns, and our needs fluctuate. Focusing on static answers puts one at a disadvantage. Empower yourself by searching for the right question as if it were a buried treasure and treasures will find you.”
“When will they make a tractor that can furnish the manure for farm fields and produce a baby tractor every spring?”

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