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I want now to be of today. It is painful to be conscious of two worlds. The Wandering Jew in me seeks forgetfulness. — Mary Antin

But it was pure, this love that I was feeling. — Elizabeth Gilbert

A good novel begins with a small question and ends with a bigger one. — Paula Fox

It is not that I belong to the past, but the past that belongs to me. — Mary Antin

Such creatures of accident are we, liable to a thousand deaths before we are born. But once we are here, we may create our own world, if we choose. — Mary Antin

The word 'cause' is an altar to an unknown god. — William James

On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station and be fined twenty-five rubles. — Mary Antin

The czar always got his dues, no matter if it ruined a family. — Mary Antin

Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth. — Mary Antin

What we get in steerage is not the refuse, but the sinew and bone of all the nations. — Mary Antin

No, the czar did not want us in the schools. — Mary Antin

There is never a Jewish community without its scholars, but where Jews may not be both intellectuals and Jews, they prefer to remain Jews. — Mary Antin

Have you ever solved a riddle you weren't asked? — Maggie Stiefvater

If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes. — Nikki Giovanni

In the evening of the first day my father conducted us to the public baths. — Mary Antin

I have so little mastered the art of tranquil living that wherever I go I trail storm clouds of drama around me. — Mary Antin

A long past vividly remembered is like a heavy garment that clings to your limbs when you would run. — Mary Antin

Fuck you, Jack Ching," David Emerson swore. He found the keys were still in the ignition, and turned them. "Yeah. It's jackalope season, motherfucker. — Chad Huskins

You went up to be examined with the other Jewish children, your heart heavy about that matter of your nose. — Mary Antin

As an athlete, I hope we can remain focused on the Olympic spirit which celebrates achievement in sport by peoples of all nations. — Brian Boitano

Never board a commercial aircraft if the pilot is wearing a tank top. — Dave Barry

The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school. — Mary Antin

My son always says I like very weird music. — Cornelia Funke

The past was only my cradle, and now it cannot hold me, because I am grown too big. — Mary Antin

The cast was huge, but I never saw anybody. — Dennis Farina

I don't think that it's up to government to dictate what people should wear. — Richard Dawkins

You heard on all sides that the brightest Jewish children were turned down if the examining officers did not like the turn of their noses. — Mary Antin

A proper autobiography is a death-bed confession. — Mary Antin