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Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: If understanding is impossible, knowing is imperative, because

If understanding is impossible, knowing is imperative, because what happened could happen again. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: How important it is in life not necessarily

How important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong, to measure yourself at least once, to find yourself at least once ... — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: I too entered the Lager as a nonbeliever,

I too entered the Lager as a nonbeliever, and as a nonbeliever I was liberated and have lived to this day. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: Everybody is somebody's Jew. And today the Palestinians

Everybody is somebody's Jew. And today the Palestinians are the Jews of the Israelis. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: Perhaps memory is like a bucket; if you

Perhaps memory is like a bucket; if you want to cram into it more fruit than it will hold, the fruit is crushed. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: Compassion and brutality can coexist in the same

Compassion and brutality can coexist in the same individual and in the same moment ... — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: Perfection belongs to narrated events, not to those

Perfection belongs to narrated events, not to those we live. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: Does not ingenuity consist in the finding or

Does not ingenuity consist in the finding or creating of connections between apparently extraneous orders of ideas?) — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: Our ignorance allowed us to live, as you

Our ignorance allowed us to live, as you are in the mountains, and your rope is frayed and about to break, but you don't know it and feel safe. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: There is Auschwitz, and so there cannot be

There is Auschwitz, and so there cannot be God. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: The latrine is an oasis of peace.

The latrine is an oasis of peace. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: Until one day there will be no more

Until one day there will be no more sense in saying: tomorrow. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: How can one hit a man without anger?

How can one hit a man without anger? — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a

Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: Fear is supremely contagious, and its immediate reaction

Fear is supremely contagious, and its immediate reaction is to make one try to run away. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: We become aware, with amazement, that we have

We become aware, with amazement, that we have forgotten nothing, every memory evoked rises in front of us painfully clear. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: I am constantly amazed by man's inhumanity to

I am constantly amazed by man's inhumanity to man. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: The sea of grief has no shores, no

The sea of grief has no shores, no bottom; no one can sound its depths. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: In the space of a few minutes the

In the space of a few minutes the sky turned black and it began to rain. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: An enemy who sees the error of his

An enemy who sees the error of his ways ceases to be an enemy. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: For he who loses all often easily loses

For he who loses all often easily loses himself. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: ... in this place everything is forbidden, not

... in this place everything is forbidden, not for hidden reasons, but because the camp has been created for that purpose. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: The aims of life are the best defense

The aims of life are the best defense against death. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: (this is a story interwoven with freezing dawns.)

(this is a story interwoven with freezing dawns.) — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: There are few men who know how to

There are few men who know how to go to their deaths with dignity, and often they are not those whom one would expect. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: Man is a centaur, a tangle of flesh

Man is a centaur, a tangle of flesh and mind, divine inspiration and dust. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: Suicide is an act of man and not

Suicide is an act of man and not of the animal. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: I do not know what I will think

I do not know what I will think tomorrow and later; today I feel no distinct emotion. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: Why does it happen? Why is the pain

Why does it happen? Why is the pain of every day translated so constantly into our dreams, in the ever-repeated scene of the unlistened-to story? — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: Dawn came on us like a betrayer; it

Dawn came on us like a betrayer; it seemed as though the new sun rose as an ally of our enemies to assist in our destruction. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: He never asked nor accepted any reward, because

He never asked nor accepted any reward, because he was good and simple and did not think that one did good for a reward. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: She had asked the older women: "What is

She had asked the older women: "What is that fire?" And they had replied: "It is we who are burning. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: Since it is difficult to distinguish true prophets

Since it is difficult to distinguish true prophets from false, it is as well to regard all prophets with suspicion — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: Real problems sooner or later are resolved; on

Real problems sooner or later are resolved; on the contrary, pseudoproblems are not. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: Today, I think that if for no other

Today, I think that if for no other reason than that an Auschwitz existed, no one in our age should speak of Providence. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Azar Nafisi: Primo Levi once said, "I write in order

Primo Levi once said, "I write in order to rejoin the community of mankind." Reading is a private act, but it joins us across continents and time. — Azar Nafisi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: The living are more demanding; the dead can

The living are more demanding; the dead can wait. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: He fights for his life but still remains

He fights for his life but still remains everybody's friend. He "knows" whom to corrupt, whom to avoid, whose compassion to arouse, whom to resist. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: It is the duty of righteous men to

It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is a war without end — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: A man who would mutilate himself is well

A man who would mutilate himself is well damned, isn't he? — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: What do you take me for? Do you

What do you take me for? Do you think I was born yesterday? Do you think I have never dealt in eggs? — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: If a writer is convinced that he is

If a writer is convinced that he is honest, then it is very difficult for him to be a bad writer. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: I'm a libertine, but it's not my specialty.

I'm a libertine, but it's not my specialty. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: Each of us bears the imprint of a

Each of us bears the imprint of a friend met along the way; In each the trace of each. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: The work of bestial degradation, begun by the

The work of bestial degradation, begun by the victorious Germans, had been carried to its conclusion by the Germans in defeat. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: Perhaps Kafka laughed when he told stories [

Perhaps Kafka laughed when he told stories [ ... ] because one isn't always equal to oneself. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: If we had to and were able to

If we had to and were able to suffer the sufferings of everyone, we could not live. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: The truck went on its way in the

The truck went on its way in the night and Gedaleh shouted, laughing, If not this way, how? And if not now, when? — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Michael Barnett: One is reminded of Primo Levi's observation about

One is reminded of Primo Levi's observation about the Holocaust: 'Things whose existence is not morally comprehensible cannot exist. — Michael Barnett

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: He could hardly read or write but his

He could hardly read or write but his heart spoke the language of the good — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: The triumph of human identity and worth over

The triumph of human identity and worth over the pathology of human destruction glows virtually everywhere in Levi's writing. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: My number is 174517; we have been baptized,

My number is 174517; we have been baptized, we will carry the tattoo on our left arm until we die. — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: If I'm not for myself, who will be

If I'm not for myself, who will be for me?
If not this way, how? If not now, when? — Primo Levi

Levi Primo Quotes By Primo Levi: Those who deny Auschwitz would be ready to

Those who deny Auschwitz would be ready to remake it. — Primo Levi