diploma quotes

Question 1

quotes about elie being passionate about his faith

Answer 1

-“why did i pray? strange question. why did i live? why did i breathe?”
- “not to learn it by heart but to discover within the very essence of divinity.” (why he dedicated so much time with moishe)

Question 2

first night in camp quotes

Answer 2

• “never shall i forget that night”
• “my soul had been invaded - and devoured- by black flame”
• “the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live”

Question 3

quotes for elies decision to run

Answer 3

• “my father’s presence was the only thing that had stopped me” (from wanting to die)
• “as for me, i was thinking not about death but about not wanting to be seperated from my father.”

Question 4

preface quotes

Answer 4

• “to forget the dead would be akin to killing time a second time.”
• “indifference is the epitome of evil”
• “the witness has forced himself to testify. for the youth today, for the children who will be born tomorrow. he does not want his past to become their future.”

Question 5

quotes about susies crave to be apart of the family in the beginning of the novel

Answer 5

• “my name is salmon, like the fish; first name, susie”
• “this had been something we (holly and susie) wanted: our mothers”
• “that way of missing would mean that i had accepted that i would never be with them again; it might sound silly but i didn’t believe it, would not believe it.”

Question 6

quotes about susie’s initial interpretation of heaven

Answer 6

• “i could not have what i wanted most: mr. harvey dead and me living. heaven wasn’t perfect. but i came to believe that if i watched closely and desired, i might change the lives of those i loved on earth.”
• “often i found myself desiring simple things and i would get them (dogs)”

Question 7

quotes about susie and ruth switching bodies

Answer 7

• “i had taken this time to fall in love instead - in love with the sort of helplessness i had not felt in death - the helplessness of being alive, the dark bright pity of being human - … - part of navigating the unknown.”
• “hope was what i had traded on in heaven and on earth… look what happens when you dream.”

Question 8

quotes about susie’s acceptance and going to higher heaven

Answer 8

• “and my sister, my lindsey, left me in her memories where i was meant to be.”
• “i call this wide wide heaven because it includes all my simplest desires but also the most humble and grand. the word my grandfather uses is comfort.”
• “i was done yearning for them, needing them to yearn for me. though i still would. though they still would. always.”
• these were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence.”