That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful.

It's like Samson and Delilah: watch your back, because trouble could be the person you're sleeping with.

homesickness is just a state of mind for me. i'm always missing someone or someplace or something, i'm always trying to get back to some imaginary somewhere. my life has been one long longing.

But then I never had to worry about a crash landing because I never even took off.

Judaism will be enmeshed in pride and shame for as long as it endures. But to endure as a country, Israel must shun both these tendencies.

How can you hide from what never goes away? --Heraclitus

Even if I remember the first time perfectly, I don't remember the beginning at all. I mean: the beginning of addiction. It's hard to say when it becomes a problem; it sneaks up on you like a sun shower.