“I never could have done what I have done, without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one object at a time.”

“But I could never have done it," he objected, "without everyone else's help.""That may be true," said Reason gravely,"but you had the courage to try; and what you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.”

“But I could never have done it," he objected, "without everyone else's help.""That may be true," said Reason gravely, "but you had the courage to try; and what you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.”

“This time, there was no escape, I could not turn away, could not leave without accepting what I had done. There was only one way to the other side, and that was through the pain.”

“I will never be able to go back to Sweden without knowing inside myself that I'd done all a man could do to save as many Jews as possible”

“What if I forgave myself? I thought. What if I forgave myself even though I'd done something I shouldn't have? What if I was a liar and a cheat and there was no excuse for what I'd done other than because it was what I wanted and needed to do? What if I was sorry, but if I could go back in time I wouldn't do anything differently than I had done? What if I'd actually wanted to fuck every one of those men? What if heroin taught me something? What if yes was the right answer instead of no? What if what made me do all those things everyone thought I shouldn't have done was what also had got me here? What if I was never redeemed? What if I already was?”