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Language failed me very often, but then, the substitute for me was silence, but not violence.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Failed Language Me Often Silence Substitute Then Very Violence

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If I were immersed in constant melancholy, I would not be who I am.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Am Constant Immersed Melancholy Were Who Would I Am

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The Bible is not only laws, it's also stories. It begins, 'In the beginning God created Heaven.' If I had written these words, I wouldn't have written anything else; it's just enough.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Also Anything Anything Else Beginning Begins Bible Created Else Enough God Had Heaven In The Beginning Just Laws Only Stories Words Written

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It's clear to me that one can't be Jewish without Israel. Religious or non-religious, Zionist or non-Zionist, Ashkenazi or Sephardic - all these will not exist without Israel.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Clear Exist Israel Jewish Me Religious Will Without Zionist

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I will say, with memoir, you must be honest. You must be truthful.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Honest Memoir Must Say Truthful Will You

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Moses was the greatest legislator and the commander in chief of perhaps the first liberation army.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Army Chief Commander First Greatest Legislator Liberation Moses Perhaps

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I have to be self-conscious of what I'm trying to do with my life.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Life My Life Self-Conscious Trying

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When my father was born, it was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. When I was born, it was Lithuania. When I left, it was Hungary. It is difficult to say where I come from.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Born Come Difficult Empire Father Hungary Left Part Say Where I Was Born

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If I were in the government, I would persuade the prime minister to see the beauty in the fact that people see Israel as a haven - from their sadness to their hope.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Beauty Fact Government Haven Hope Israel Minister People Persuade Prime Prime Minister Sadness See Were Would

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Man, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one minute later, God wins.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Before Death God He His Immortal Later Lives Long Man Minute One Minute Shall Wins

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: September 30th, 1928

Died: July 2nd, 2016

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