Quotes about Remembrance

First came a delightful thrill, as of something very pleasant; then a horrible remembrance.

The Holocaust is not a cheap soap opera. The Holocaust is not a romantic novel. It is something else.

Let my body dwell in poverty, and my hands be as the hands of the toiler; but let my soul be as a temple of remembrance where the treasures of knowledge enter and the inner sanctuary is hope.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

In every cloud, in every tree — filling the air at night, and caught by glimpses in every object, by day I am surrounded with her image! The most ordinary faces of men, and women — my own features mock me with a resemblance. The entire world is a dreadful collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her!

The entire world is a dreadful collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her!

For what is not connected with her to me? and what does not recall her? I cannot look down to this floor, but her features are shaped on the flags! In every cloud, in every tree - filling the air at nights, and caught by glimpses in every object, by day I am surrounded with her image! The most ordinary faces of men, and women - my own features - mock me with a resemblance. The entire world is a dreadful collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her!

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.

It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.

Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time (full) of joyful hope and profound gratitude.

The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.