“There is no dignity for either the sufferer or the torturer”
“Torture is torture and humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer.”
“How torture is torture and humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer.”
“It's ludicrous to even talk about (Marquis) de Sade, let alone indulge in all that, when people are being tortured and suffering for real, not for sexual games. I have no interest either in being a victim or in turning others into victims.”
“As a teenager, Michel believed that suffering conferred dignity on a person. Now he had to admit that he had been wrong. What conferred dignity on people was television. ”
“There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their freedom and dignity.”