Formerly an anti-Semite was somebody who hated Jews because they were Jews and had a Jewish soul. But nowadays an anti-Semite is somebody who is hated by Jews.

My great lesson from Auschwitz is: whoever wants to dehumanize any other must first be dehumanized himself. The oppressors are no longer really human, whatever uniform they wear.

The rules of this house are written in water. I must either sink or swim.

You’re a teenager. It’s all complicated.

The stage is not for me to practice. I'm not that artist. You practice at home and when you get on stage, it's time for a conversation.

Plain lies are dangerous.

If classical music is the state of the art, then the arts are in a sad state.

After a half-century of hard work and reflection the wall is still there.

I'm going to take off your gag.And if you try to bite me or grab me or anything, I'll hit you with this thing as hard as I can as many times as I can. Understood?"- Tana to Gavriel, page 20 chapter 3

Belief, in one of its accepted senses, may consist in a merely intellectual assent, while faith implies such confidence and conviction as will impel to action.

At best, in such depression times, monetary policy is a feeble reed on which to lean.

He wanted to work in Hot Woman Valhalla until he died of testosterone poisoning. (Nick)