“But here God didn't come. We were all on our own.”

“With any work worth its salt, you have to trust the author enough to take its measure. And if you apply too many preconceptions, you are not taking its measure.”

“No matter what I accomplish, it doesn't seem like much compared to surviving Auschwitz.”

“Anja? What is to tell? Everywhere I look I'm seeing Anja... From my good eye, from my glass eye, if they're open or they're close, always I'm thinking on Anja.”

“But here God didn't come. We were all on our own.”