I was sent a wonderful quote and I wanted to reprint it here. This is so very true for survivors be they male or female:
The survivor [ . . .] is a disturber of the peace. He is a runner of the blockade men erect against knowledge of "unspeakable" things. About these he aims to speak, and in so doing he undermines, without intending to, the validity of existing norms. He is a genuine transgressor, and here he is made to feel real guilt. The world to which he appeals does not admit him, and since he has looked to this world as the source of moral order, he begins to doubt himself. And that is not the end, for now his guilt is doubled by betrayal - of himself, of his task, of his vow to the dead. The final guilt is not to bear witness. The survivor's worst torment is not to be able to speak. - Terence Des Pres from "The Survivor: An Anatomy of Life in the Death Camps"
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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