Quotes from Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

Art Spiegelman ·  136 pages

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“Samuel Beckett once said, "Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness."
...On the other hand, he SAID it.”
― Art Spiegelman, quote from Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began


“if they brought you here,They'll put you to work. THEY'RE not readyto kill you YET.”
― Art Spiegelman, quote from Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began


“Anja? What is to tell? Everywhere I look I'm seeing Anja... From my good eye, from my glass eye, if they're open or they're close, always I'm thinking on Anja.”
― Art Spiegelman, quote from Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began


About the author

Art Spiegelman
Born place: in Stockholm, Sweden
Born date February 15, 1948
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