"The Shawl" Quotes
"The Shawl" by Cynthia Ozick is a haunting novella that explores the horrors of the Holocaust through the experiences of a mother and her infant daughter struggling to survive in a Nazi concentration camp.
short stories | 74 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
Stella, she was starving.
starvationsuffering
I was playing with the silence.
innocencesilence
There was no one to answer.
loneliness
You could die of cold. You could die of hunger.
survivalfear
I will not die. I will not die.
resiliencedetermination
Magda, my bird. My soul. I thought she was my punishment.
motherhoodguilt
I'm cold. I'm so cold.
colddesperation
I have to see her. She's not crying.
motherhoodprotectiveness
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
remorseapology
She is a piece of my body!
motherhoodattachment
