“Thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not be a perpetrator, but, above all, thou shalt not be a bystander.”

“If we bear all this suffering and if there are still Jews left, when it is over, then Jews, instead of being doomed, will be held up as an example.”

“Fiction cannot recite the numbing numbers, but it can be that witness, that memory. A storyteller can attempt to tell the human tale, can make a galaxy out of the chaos, can point to the fact that ...”

“The last words Albus Dumbledore spoke to the pair of us?' Harry is the best hope we have. Trust him.”

“Messy, isn't it?”

“Do not weep. Being is enough. There, that is all. I am done...”

“Every war has its martyrs the unsung heroes who sometimes dont even know the rationale behind the war they are fighting. They fight because they are trained to, kill because they are told to and d...”

“The agony of martyrdom is almost too much to bear. In the early hours, when the loss is fresh, there is no comfort in knowing Glory will live on. We speak of the martyrs in History but we cannot kn...”

“Saints and martyrs had never interested Maggie so much as sages and poets.”