Loridan Ivens Quotes & Sayings

Christians well know that the much-decorated statue of the Church, as it now stands, is not of pure chiseled marble, but of clay, cemented together by blood and tears and hardened in the fires of hatred and persecution. — Virchand Gandhi

...our family became a place where you screamed for help but no one heard, not ever. — Marceline Loridan-Ivens

It is doubtful if even experience of riches and success is as intense among those who have experienced nothing else as among those who have also experienced poverty and failure. There is little romance in wealth to those who have been born wealthy and whose families have been wealthy for generations. — Robert Wilson Lynd

Lysley Tenorio is a writer of sly wit and lively invention - these are stories bursting with wonders (from monster movies and leper colonies, to faith-healers and superheroes) - but most wondrous of all is his intimate sense of character. Each story is a confession of love betrayed, told with a mournful, austere tenderness as heartbreaking as it is breathtaking. — Peter Ho Davies

The only way to teach people how to truly do it and do it the right way, is to get those ingredients and kitchen tools in front of them and in their hands to use. — Wolfgang Puck

...our history, the history of European Jews...they will never forgive us for the evil they've done to us — Marceline Loridan-Ivens

I think a lot of people, including me, clammed up when a civilian asked about battle, about war. It was fashionable. One of the most impressive ways to tell your war story is to refuse to tell it, you know. Civilians would then have to imagine all kinds of deeds of derring-do. — Kurt Vonnegut

If you only knew, all of you, how the camp remains in all our minds, and will until we die. — Marceline Loridan-Ivens

Surviving makes other people's tears unbearable. You might drown in them. — Marceline Loridan-Ivens

You can satisfy your soul's mission by committing to leaving something behind on this planet that will make a difference to those who come after you. — Debbie Ford

Life turns out to be best for those who tried their best. — Debasish Mridha