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Quotes from The Trial of God — Elie Wiesel

1928–2016 Romania

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MENDEL: Once you’re on your knees, you can’t stand up straight again.

The Trial of God (1979)

BERISH: I distrust miracles. They exist only in books, and books say anything.

The Trial of God (1979)

MARIA: Hell? Is he talking about hell? Good. For a moment I was afraid he was making sense.

The Trial of God (1979)

MARIA: The people can say anything they please—
MENDEL: Right. Under one condition: that they do not say it.

The Trial of God (1979)

PRIEST: Are you taking their side, daughter? You’ll burn in hell.
MARIA: Better in hell with them than in paradise with you.

The Trial of God (1979)

BERISH: Prosecutor. That’s what I am going to be. Prosecutor.
MARIA: What’s that?
AVREMEL: That’s someone nice who has the right to be nasty.

The Trial of God (1979)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Elie Wiesel (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.