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The Librarian of Auschwitz QUOTES

The Librarian of Auschwitz QUOTES

1 " Al final, H. G. Wells tenía razón y en verdad existe la máquina del tiempo: son los libros. "

― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz

2 " But those who believe that flowers grow in vases don't understand anything about literature. The library has now become her first-aid kit, and she's going to give the children a little of the medicine that helped her recover her smile when she thought she'd lost it forever. "

― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz

3 " E adevărat: cultura nu este necesară pentru supraviețuirea omului, necesare sunt doar pâinea și apa. Este adevărat că omul supraviețuiește dacă are pâine să mănânce și apă să bea, dar mulțumindu-se doar cu atât moare întreaga omenire. "

― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz

4 " O persoană care te așteaptă undeva este o lumânare care se aprinde într-un câmp pe timpul nopții. Poate că nu reușește să lumineze întregul întuneric, dar îți arată drumul de întoarcere acasă. "

― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz

5 " A începe să citești o carte este ca și cum te-ai urca într-un tren care te duce în vacanță. "

― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz

6 " Brave people are not the ones who aren't afraid. Those are reckless people who ignore the risk; they put themselves and others in danger. That's not the sort of person I want on my team. I need the ones who know the risk-- whose legs shake, but carry on. "

― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz

7 " When a dog barks fiercely at someone, or even bites them, it does it out of fear, not hate. If you ever have to confront an aggressive dog, don't run or shout, because you'll frighten it and it will bite you. Stand still and talk to it slowly so it becomes less scared. "

― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz

8 " Brave people are not the ones who aren't afraid. Those are reckless people who ignore the risk; they put themselves and others in danger. They are the ones who know the risk—whose legs shake, but who carry on. Brave people are the ones who can overcome their own fear. "

― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz

9 " It's no crime. The real disease is intolerance. "

― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz

10 " Those who go no longer suffer, but no one knows how much suffering still awaits those left behind. "

― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz

11 " A person waiting for you somewhere is like a match you strike at night in the countryside. It may not be able to light up everything, but it does show you the way back home. "

― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz

12 " Books are extremely dangerous; they make people think. "

― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz

13 " Life, any life, is very short. But if you've managed to be happy for at least an instant, it will have been worth living. "

― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz

14 " A book is like a trapdoor that leads to a secret attic: You can open it and go inside. And your world is different. "

― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz

15 " Within their pages, books contain the wisdom of the people who wrote them. Books never lose their memory. "

― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz

16 " In a place like Auschwitz, where everything is designed to make you cry, a smile is an act of defiance. "

― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz

17 " Throughout history, all dictators, tyrants, and oppressors, whatever their ideology—whether Aryan, African, Asian, Arab, Slav, or any other racial background; whether defenders of popular revolutions, or the privileges of the upper classes, or God’s mandate, or martial law—have had one thing in common: the vicious persecution of the written word. Books are extremely dangerous; they make people think. "

― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz

18 " Os livros conservam nas suas páginas a sabedoria de quem os escreveu. Os livros nunca perdem a memória. "

― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz

19 " The strongest athlete isn't the one who finishes first. That athlete is the fastest. The strongest athlete is the one who gets up again every time he falls, the one who doesn't stop when he feels a pain in his side, the one who doesn't abandon the race, no matter how far away the finish line is. That runner is a winner whenever he reaches the finish line, even if he comes in last. Sometimes, no matter how much you want it, being the fastest isn't an option, because your legs aren't as long or your lungs as large. But you can always choose to be the strongest. It's up to you - your willpower and your effort. "

― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz

20 " Literature has the same impact as a match lit in the middle of a field in the middle of the night. The match illuminates relatively little, but it enables us to see how much darkness surrounds it. "

― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz