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“I had managed to scare even the monsters, and when you can scare monsters, you can be sure you've become one yourself.” quote by Alan Gratz — Download Open image

““I had managed to scare even the monsters, and when you can scare monsters, you can be sure you've become one yourself.””

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“And that was the real truth of it, wasn't it? Whether you were visible or invisible, it was all about how other people reacted to you. Good and bad things happened either way. If you were invisible, bad people couldn't hurt you, that was true. But the good people couldn't help you, either. If you stayed invisible here, did everything…

“I shook with helplessness and rage, but also with fear. This was what fighting back earned you. More abuse. More death. Half a dozen Jews would be murdered today because one man refused to die without a fight. To fight back was to die quickly and to take others with you. This was why prisoners went meekly to their deaths.…

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