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When you’re young, you see only the future. When you grow older, you see the past.”
“And the past has a way of showing you things clearly, whether you like it or not.”
“War has a way of revealing who we really are.”
“But the deportation of Jews last month…” He shook his head. “Inès, do you really think the Germans would remove people who weren’t causing any harm? The Jews who were taken away were all guilty of working for the Resistance in some way.” A lump lodged itself in Inès’s throat as she thought of Michel’s clandestine work. “But—” “Inès, you must understand. The Germans had no choice.”
Was it possible that one sin could stain your soul forever? Or could one do enough good that a mistake of such magnitude could eventually be erased?
We all suffer losses. But it is how we choose to move ahead that matters, isn’t it? We must honor the past without turning our backs on the future.”
I learned far too late that life is simply about being good and decent to others. It’s as plain as that. But first, you must be good and decent to yourself. Find your own road. Find your own happiness. You must, my dear. You must, or you will wind up old and alone and full of regrets.”
“The fact is, I did not die in Auschwitz. I died after Auschwitz, when I came back here and learned that everyone was gone. I had nothing left to live for,
