“Något av det viktigaste i all konst: att överlåta en anständig del åt läsaren, betraktaren, den medverkande. Det ska finnas en tom plats vid det dukade bordet. Den är hans.” ArtReceptionThe Reader Author:Gunnar Ekelöf
“At first I wanted to write our story in order to be free of it. But the memories wouldn’t come back for that. Then I realized our story was slipping away from me and I wanted to recapture it by writing, but that didn’t coax up the memories either. For the last few years I’ve left our story alone. I’ve made peace with it. And it came back, detail by detail and in such a fully rounded fashion, with its own direction and its own sense of completion, that it no longer makes me sad. What a sad story, I thought for so long. Not that I now think it was happy. But I think it is true, and thus the question of whether it is sad or happy has no meaning whatever.” WritingTruthMemoriesTruth TellingThe Reader Book:The Reader Source: The Reader
“People ask all the time what I learned in the camps. But the camps weren’t therapy. What do you think these places were? Universities? We didn’t go there to learn. One becomes very clear about these things. What are you asking for? Forgiveness for her? Or do you just want to feel better yourself? My advice, go to the theatre, if you want catharsis, please. Go to literature. Don't go to the camps. Nothing comes out of the camps. Nothing.” LearnHolocaustWwiiCatharsisJewsNazisConcentration CampsThe Reader Book:The Reader Source: The Reader
“Los libros son máquinas del tiempo y rompecabezas y llaves de cerrojos que ni siquiera sabíamos que existían en lo profundo de nuestro corazón.” InspirationalHeartBookTimeKeysTiempoCorazónThe ReaderLlavesRompecabezasTraci Chee Book:The Reader Source: The Reader
“Reading is not passive. It is only when the reader brings his/her own experiences to the work and breathes life into the author’s words that they consummate the relationship and together bring the story to life.” FictionFantasyParanormalPresenterThe ReaderNonfiction Criminal JusticeThe Reader S Experince Book:Amanda's Room Source: Amanda's Room