Venice, that capital city of dream and intrigue, that double city (one above and seemingly solid, one below, wavering and reflected in the waters), which never disappoints.

Images are ... a kind of emotional shorthand.

I think the Jews are an amazing group of people and their survival is amazing.

A baby's mother also needs a mother.

If you apologize for something that isn't your fault in the first place, you, in effect, confirm their belief that it is your fault.

Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.

I have ne'er been in a chamber with a lawyer when I did not wish either to scream with desperation or else fall into the deepest of sleeps, e'en when the matter concern'd my own future most profoundly.