I'm a teacher and a writer; my life is words. When I see the denigration of language, it hurts me, and it's easy to denigrate a word by trivializing it. Elie Wiesel denigratedenigrationeasy Change image and share on social
Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories. Elie Wiesel beingdeeddesire Change image and share on social
I remember, May 1944: I was 15-and-a-half, and I was thrown into a haunted universe where the story of the human adventure seemed to swing irrevocably between horror and malediction. Elie Wiesel adventurehalfhaunt Change image and share on social
I don't like docudramas. Documentaries should not go together with fiction, or half-fiction or quarter-fiction. The two should not go together. They cannot mix. Elie Wiesel docudramadocumentaryfiction Change image and share on social
I don't know much about politics, and I don't want to know. That's why I rarely involve myself in politics. Elie Wiesel involvepoliticrarely Change image and share on social
No one may speak for the dead, no one may interpret their mutilated dreams and visions. Elie Wiesel deaddreaminterpret Change image and share on social
When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude. Elie Wiesel attitudedefinegratitude Change image and share on social
Sometimes I am asked if I know 'the response to Auschwitz; I answer that not only do I not know it, but that I don't even know if a tragedy of this magnitude has a response. Elie Wiesel answeraskauschwitz Change image and share on social
I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table. Elie Wiesel bookhomejewish Change image and share on social
I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I don't have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it. Elie Wiesel answerfaithgod share on social
