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Book by Philippe Claudel · 12 quotes · Humanity, Vérité, Cacher

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“Why did I, like thousands of others, have to carry a cross I hadn't chosen, a cross which was not made for my shoulders and which didn't concern me? Who decided to come rummaging around in my obscure existence, invade my gray anonymity, my meager tranquility, and bowl me like a little ball in a great game of skittles? God? Well, in that case, if He exists, if He really exists, let Him hide His face. Let Him put His two hands on His head, and let Him bow down. It may be, as Peiper used to teach us, that many men are unworthy of Him, but now I know that He, too, is unworthy of most of us, and that if the creature is capable of producing horror, it's solely because his Creator has slipped him the recipe for it.”

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“Seguramente, ésa es la gran victoria del campo sobre los prisioneros: unos están muertos y los que como yo consiguieron sobrevivir siempre guardarán un poso de suciedad en lo más profundo de sí mismos. Nunca podrán volver a mirar a los demás sin preguntarse si en el fondo de las miradas que cruzan no brilla el deseo de acosar, de torturar, de matar. Nos hemos convertido en eternas presas, en seres que, hagan lo que hagan, siempre verán el día que comienza como una larga prueba que hay que superar y la noche que cae con una curiosa sensación de alivio. Llevamos en nuestro interior el fermento de la decepción y la intranquilidad. Creo que nos hemos convertido, para el resto de nuestra vida, en la memoria de la humanidad destruida. Somos heridas que nunca se cerrarán.”

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