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Quote 1: “What can we expect? Its war.” Chapter 1, pg. 4
Quote 2: “I wanted to come back to Sighet to tell you the story of my death. So that you could prepare yourselves while there was still time. To live? I dont attach any importance to my life any more. Im alone. No, I wanted to come back, and to warn you. And see how it is, no one will listen to me.” Chapter 1, pg. 5
Quote 3: “The yellow star? Oh well, what of it? You dont die of it.” Chapter 1, pg. 9
Quote 4: “A prolonged whistle split the air. The wheels began to grind. We were on our way.” Chapter 1, pg. 20
Quote 5: “The doors were nailed up; the way back was finally cut off. The world was a cattle wagon hermetically sealed.” Chapter 2, pg. 22
Quote 6: “Men to the left! Women to the right!” Chapter 3, pg. 27
Quote 7: “Eight words spoken quietly, indifferently, without emotion. Eight short, simple words. Yet that was the moment when I parted from my mother.” Chapter 3, pg. 27
Quote 8: “Do you see that chimney over there? See it? Do you see those flames? (Yes, we did see the flames.) Over there-thats where youre going to be taken. Thats your grave, over there.” Chapter 3, pg. 28
Quote 9: “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed.Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.” Chapter 3, pg. 32