"Beatrice and Virgil" Quotes
A writer's encounter with a taxidermist leads to a thought-provoking exploration of the Holocaust and the nature of storytelling.
fiction | 213 pages | Published in 2010
Quotes
A book of art is a cold description of a warm reality.
Life is a story. It depends on the storyteller.
Sometimes we need to embrace the silence rather than engage in idle chatter.
The quieter we become, the more we can hear.
The truth has to be told. However difficult, however painful, however boring.
Fear can be a useful emotion. It warns us of danger and keeps us alive.
In the absence of evil, there is only good.
We all carry a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is.
It's important to remember the past, not to repeat it, but to learn from it.
Too much of anything is bad. Even love.
