19 Quotes by Aharon Appelfeld

I had a feeling that my generation-and me, also-we were naked. We did not belong to anything.

A person has to be by himself a little bit. We weren’t born in a flock. Togetherness drives me out of my mind.

I am not writing in metaphors. I am writing about catastrophes.

The Holocaust is a central event in many people's lives, but it also has become a metaphor for our century. There cannot be an end to speaking and writing about it. Besides, in Israel, everyone carries a biography deep inside him.

People who lose their parents when young are permanently in love with them.

A story is not only meaning, it’s music as well.

The Holocaust is a central event in many people’s lives, but it also has become a metaphor for our century. There cannot be an end to speaking and writing about it. Besides, in Israel, everyone carries a biography deep inside him.

Can art be completely invented? It’s a matter of shaping reality with the help of imagination.

Over time I learned that objects and animals are true friends. In the forest I was surrounded by trees, bushes, birds, and small animals. I was not afraid of them. I was sure that they would do nothing harmful to me. I became familiar with cows and with horses, and they provided me with a warmth that has remained with me to this very day. Sometimes it seemed to me that what saved me were the animals I encountered along the way, not the human beings.