The only place where I felt at home, on familiar ground, was the Jewish cemetery. And yet I had never set foot in it before. Children had been forbidden to enter.

To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.

I believe in the story [ of Adam and Eve]. For me, it's a story.

Man walks the moon but his soul remains riveted to earth. Once upon a time it was the opposite.

Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to life as long as God himself

[Moishe] explained to me, with great emphasis, that every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer.... And why do you pray, Moishe?' I asked him. I pray to the God within me for the strength to ask Him the real questions.

The opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.