Ana Blandiana
Such as individuals, the nations distinguish each other not only through the way they lead their destiny, but also how they know to value it. The Polish were able to define as dignity their secular misery, the Jewry turned their martyrdom into apotheosize.
On our part, the science of matching things was, unfortunately, almost every time, unknown. Almost every time we preferred to welcome our guests not with tears, but with bread and salt and to treat our wounds in quietness and desolation. There is a lot of loneliness in the destiny of the Romanian nation and there is also an unbeatable silence.
The Sighet Memorial arises from the belief that this loneliness must stop. And it cannot stop unless the silence ceases.
