Quotes from Elizabeth Rosner

I want to clean myself like the window of a house, make myself clear for things to pass through. Flat and quiet.

When my grandmother touches my hair in my sleep, I feel like a lost child. There is never enough of her to comfort me.

And still tears never feel like enough: the rinse something away, but only the surface, not whatever is underneath.

When I asked 'Have you ever had thoughts of suicide in your post-war life?' none of those I interviewed answered in the affirmative. On the contrary, the response of a survivor of Auschwitz, Jack Saltzman, echoed the sentiments of many: 'I wouldn't give the bastards the satisfaction.

And still tears never feel like enough: they rinse something away, but only the surface, not whatever is underneath