And the more I thought about it, the more I dug out of memory things I had overlooked or forgotten. I realized then that a man who had lived only a day could easily live for a hundred years in prison. He would have enough memories to keep him from being bored.

“It is in the thick of calamity that one gets hardened to the truth - in other w…”

“Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose f…”

“I've seen of enough of people who die for an idea. I don't believe in heroism; …”

“For the first time in a long time I thought about Maman. I felt as if I underst…”