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Helene Wecker

The Golem and the Djinni

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  • Vladimir Vereshchaginцитує9 років тому
    What you’re missing is loneliness. All of us are lonely at some point or another, no matter how many people surround us. And then, we meet someone who seems to understand. She smiles, and for a moment the loneliness disappears. Add to that the effects of physical desire—and the excitement you spoke of—and all good sense and judgment fall away.” The Rabbi paused, then said, “But love founded only on loneliness and desire will die out before long
  • Vladimir Vereshchaginцитує9 років тому
    “Will you come again?” she asked.
    “Do you want me to?”
    “Yes,” she said.
    “Then I will,” he said, turning to leave; and he did not know if either or both of them were lying.
  • Vladimir Vereshchaginцитує9 років тому
    He waited to feel jealousy; none came.
  • Vladimir Vereshchaginцитує9 років тому
    She’d discovered that standing behind a counter was, in its own way, as satisfying as being onstage. She had a smile for everyone, and complimented the women and admired the men, and made funny faces at the children.
  • benteskouцитує4 роки тому
    But what’s done is done, and you are not to be blamed for your own creation, whatever the circumstances.
  • Refiloe Masitaцитує6 років тому
    Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair. The event is in the hand of God
  • Refiloe Masitaцитує6 років тому
    Faith is believing in something even without proof, because you know it in your heart to be true.
  • Refiloe Masitaцитує6 років тому
    Judge a man by his actions, not his thoughts
  • Refiloe Masitaцитує6 років тому
    Most idealists lived in their own impossible worlds, sealed away from reality
  • Refiloe Masitaцитує6 років тому
    Blessed are You, who has bestowed me with many blessings. May my death atone for all I have done . . . and may I shelter in the shadow of Your wings in the World to Come.
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