"I kept walking, my father holding my hand. Behind me, an old man fell to the group. Nearby, an SS man replaced his revolved in its holster. My hand tightened its grip on my father. All I could think of was not to lose him. Not to remain alone." (page 30)
"He disappeared into the darkness. Another inmate appeared, unleashing a stream of invectives...'Shut up, you moron, or I'll tear you to pieces!'" (page 30)
"The baton pointed to the left. I took half a step forward. I first wanted to see where they would send my father. Were he to have one to the right, I would have run after him." (page 32)
"For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify His name? The Almight, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?" (page 33)
"I didn't know that this was the moment in time and the place where I was leaving my mother and Tzipora forever." (page 29)
"We must do something. We can't let them kill us like that, like cattle in the slaughterhouse." (page 31)
"I pinched myself' Was I still alive? Was I awake? How was it possible that men, women, and children were being burned and that the world kept silent? No. All this could not be real. A nightmare perhaps...Soon I would wake up with a start, my heart pounding, and find that I was back in the room of my childhood, with my books..." (page 32)
"My forehead was covered with cold sweat. Still, I told him that I could not believe that human beings were burned in our times; the world would never tolerate such crimes...'The world? The world is not interested in us. Today, everything is possible, even the crematoria'...his voice broke." (page 33)
"'And the flames, do you see them?' (Yes, we saw the flames.) 'Over there, that's where they will take you. Over there will be your grave. You still don't understand...Don't you understanding? You will be burned! Burned to a cinder! Turned into ashes!'" (page 31)
