Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Night.
Family Quotes
My father was crying. It was the first time I saw him cry. I had never thought it possible. As for my mother, she was walking, her face a mask, without a word, deep in thought. I looked at my littl...
Religion Quotes
He [Moishe] told me what had happened to him and his companions. The train with the deportees had crossed the Hungarian border and, once in Polish territory, had been taken over by the Gestapo. The...
Lies and Deceit Quotes
The trees were in bloom. It was a year like so many others, with its spring, its engagements, its weddings, and its births. The people were saying, "The Red Army is advancing with giant strides ...
Identity Quotes
From that moment on, everything happened very quickly. The race toward death had begun. First edict: Jews were prohibited form leaving their residences for three days, under penalty of death. [R...
Mortality Quotes
He closed his eyes, as if to escape time. "You don't understand," he said in despair. "You cannot understand. I was saved miraculously. I succeeded in coming back. Where did I get my strength? I wa...
Freedom and Confinement Quotes
From that moment on, everything happened very quickly. The race toward death had begun. First edict: Jews were prohibited form leaving their residences for three days, under penalty of death. [R...
Violence Quotes
He [Moishe] told me what had happened to him and his companions. The train with the deportees had crossed the Hungarian border and, once in Polish territory, had been taken over by the Gestapo. The...
Race Quotes
My father’s view was that it was not all bleak, or perhaps he just did not want to discourage the others, to throw salt on their wounds: "The yellow star? So what? It’s not lethal ̷...