Etty Hillesum - Quotations

Quotations

• 15 March 1941. "Even if there is only one decent German, they would deserve to be protected from the barbarian rabble and for that one German's sake one should not pour out one's hatred for the entire people."
• 30 April 1942. "Never give up, never escape, take everything in, and perhaps suffer, that's not too awful either, but never, never give up."
• 17 June 1942. "If one finds the strength to deal with small things, one finds it to deal with the large ones as well."
• 13 October 1942. "One should want to be a balm on many wounds."