“Wars have no memory, and nobody has the courage to understand them until there are no voices left to tell what happened,”

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Carlos Ruiz Zafón - “Wars have no memory, and nobody has...” 1

Similar quotes

“Nothing feeds forgetfulness better than war.... We all keep quiet and they try to convince us that what we've seen, what we've done, what we've learned about ourselves and about others, is an illusion, a passing nightmare. Wars have no memory, and nobody has the courage to understand them until there are no voices left to tell what happened, until the moment comes when we no longer recognize them and they return, with another face and another name, to devour what they left behind.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Read more

“Life is amazing, isn't it? You can't ever tell what will happen. Nobody knows until they go ahead and play the game.”

Gennifer Choldenko
Read more

“A voice speaks to each of us in the still silent places - a voice that tells us to stand, to have courage, to do what is right.”

Holly Lisle
Read more

“You must have the courage to face what happened today and to live with it in your heart and to use the memory of it to grow and be strong.”

Frewin Jones
Read more

“You don't have to understand why anything that has happened nor do you even have to understand what it is that has happened. You have only to live with the remains.”

Joyce Carol Oates
Read more