# Quote — Elie Wiesel, Night

> When I woke up, it was daylight. That is when I remembered that I had a father. During the alert, I had followed the mob, not taking care of him. I knew he was running out of strength, close to death, and yet had abandoned him.
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> I went to look for him.
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> Yet at the same time a thought crept into my mind: If only I didn't find him! If only I were relieved of this responsibility, I could use all my strength to fight for my own survival, to take care of myself...Instantly, I felt ashamed, ashamed of myself forever.

- Author: [Elie Wiesel](https://www.leafyquotes.com/elie-wiesel.md)
- Book: [Night](https://www.leafyquotes.com/elie-wiesel/night.md)
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## More from this book

> "Yisgadal, veyiskadash, shmey raba...May His name be celebrated and sanctified..." whispered my father.
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> For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/elie-wiesel/night/yisgadal-veyiskadash-shmey.md)

> Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed.
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> Never shall I forget that smoke.
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> Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky.
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> Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever.
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> Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live.
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> Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
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> Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself.
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> Never.

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> One day when I was able to get up, I decided to look at myself in the mirror on the opposite wall. I had not seen myself since the ghetto.
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> From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me.
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> The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me.

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