But I have felt that to be a Jew was, in some ways at least, to be especially privileged.
Edna FerberAbout mistakes it's funny. You got to make your own; and not only that, if you try to keep people from making theirs they get mad.
Edna FerberTo be alive is a fine thing. It is the finest thing in the world, though hazardous. It is a unique thing. It happens only once in a lifetime. To be alive, to know consciously that you are alive, and to relish that knowledge -- this is a kind of magic. Or it may be a kind of madness, exhilarating but harmless.
Edna Ferber