{"author":"Elie Wiesel","author_id":"Elie+Wiesel","total_quotes":98,"quotes":[{"text":"We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything--death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger, stronger than the shots and the desire to die, condemned and wandering, mere numbers, we were the only men on earth.","author":"Elie Wiesel","tags":["elie","holocaust","night","wiesel"],"id":732,"author_id":"Elie+Wiesel"},{"text":"My faceless neighbor spoke up:“Don’t be deluded. Hitler has made it clear that he will annihilate all Jews before the clock strikes twelve.”I exploded:“What do you care what he said? Would you want us to consider him a prophet?His cold eyes stared at me. At last he said, wearily:“I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.","author":"Elie Wiesel","tags":["death","genocide","germany","history","hitler","holocaust","jews"],"id":2109,"author_id":"Elie+Wiesel"},{"text":"I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lies are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever men and women are prosecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must--at that moment--become the center of the universe.","author":"Elie Wiesel","tags":["human-suffering","oppression"],"id":11183,"author_id":"Elie+Wiesel"},{"text":"Historically, I come from Jewish history. I had the classic upbringing in the Yeshiva, learning, learning, and more learning.","author":"Elie Wiesel","tags":["history","jewish","classic "],"id":12053,"author_id":"Elie+Wiesel"},{"text":"Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.","author":"Elie Wiesel","tags":["peace","god","gift "],"id":16870,"author_id":"Elie+Wiesel"},{"text":"He explained to me with great insistence that every question posessed a power that did not lie in the answer.","author":"Elie Wiesel","tags":["questioning","questions"],"id":17523,"author_id":"Elie+Wiesel"},{"text":"For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.","author":"Elie Wiesel","tags":["smile","gratitude","heart "],"id":25416,"author_id":"Elie+Wiesel"},{"text":"War is like night, she said. It covers everything.","author":"Elie Wiesel","tags":["death","night","war"],"id":28084,"author_id":"Elie+Wiesel"},{"text":"Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.","author":"Elie Wiesel","tags":["memories","words","ideas "],"id":31705,"author_id":"Elie+Wiesel"},{"text":"Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.","author":"Elie Wiesel","tags":["despair","human","just "],"id":36288,"author_id":"Elie+Wiesel"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":98,"pages":10,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}