“Labeling someone a monster implies that he is from another world, one which has nothing to do with us. It cuts off the bonds of affection and fear, assures us of our own superiority, but there's nothing learned, nothing gained. It's simple, but it's cowardly.”

“The agony of the dead is with us, and we hear their screams and walk among their ghosts. We cannot avert our eyes or plug up our ears. We must bear witness and speak for those who cannot speak. We have only one chance to get it right.”

“The truth is not delicate and it does not suffer from denial—the truth only dies when true stories are untold.”

“The body is intelligent, I think. It knows how to say what it means to be alive better than the mind ever will.”

“The silence of the victims of the past imposes a duty on the present to recover their voices, and we are most free when we willingly take up that duty.”

“Every moment, as we walk on this earth, we are watched and judged by the eyes of the universe.”

“The scientific method is nothing more than a system of rules to keep us from lying to each other.”