The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation. AHARON APPELFELD CivilizationIndividualityMindedNarrowSituationVoiceWestern
A person has to be by himself a little bit. We weren’t born in a flock. Togetherness drives me out of my mind. AHARON APPELFELD BitBornFlockHimselfLittleMindOutPersonTogetherness
I had a feeling that my generation-and me, also-we were naked. We did not belong to anything. AHARON APPELFELD AnythingBelongFeelingGenerationNaked
My nights are a nightmare, quite often, but the nightmares are rich. I nourish myself by those nights. AHARON APPELFELD NightNightmareNourishOftenQuiteRich
The Holocaust is a central event in many people’s lives, but it also has become a metaphor for our century. There cannot be an end to speaking and writing about it. Besides, in Israel, everyone carries a biography deep inside him. AHARON APPELFELD CentralCountryEventHolocaustLiveMetaphorPeopleWriting
A believer is someone who senses a consciousness or a direction and believes in it. The one who searches for meaning has not found the direction yet. AHARON APPELFELD BelieverConsciousnessDirectionMeaningSearchesSense
I see myself as a man who is searching for meaning in life. This is rather different from being a staunch believer in something. AHARON APPELFELD BelieveDifferentLifeManMeaningMyselfSomethingStaunch
I am not writing in metaphors. I am writing about catastrophes. AHARON APPELFELD CatastropheMetaphorWriteWriting
People who lose their parents when young are permanently in love with them. AHARON APPELFELD LosesLoveParentsPeoplePermanentlyYoung
Can art be completely invented? It’s a matter of shaping reality with the help of imagination. AHARON APPELFELD ArtComplexityHelpImaginationInventedRealityShaping
