Traveling is one expression of the desire to cross boundaries.

The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.

And this is one of the major questions of our lives: how we keep boundaries, what permission we have to cross boundaries, and how we do so.

We must see what in the Israeli identity - in the Israeli - we can give to other people rather than speaking so often of taking, expanding territory.

I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.

Intimate relationships are a gold mine for literature to explore, to understand, to describe.

Since ideology is part of the human personality, it deserves a place in the kingdom of eternal truths.

I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.

Too big, too empty, too heartbreaking . . . Too much to cope with

My husband, after two weeks of dating, asked me, if our relationship were to work out, would I be OK with our first boy being named Ace.

People tell me, "I'm glad you said that." But this is not a spectator sport. This is an activity that requires daily moral awakening as well as a commitment that leads to real change.

Faith isn't knowledge, Rachel. Faith is a tool. Faith keeps us going until we get the knowledge. Faith keeps us striving until we reach the consequences of our most important decisions.

Eighty per cent of teams who score first in matches go on to win them. But they may draw some - or occasionally lose.

Don't turn on monitization, typically, until it's going to be significant.

I've always been terrible on regular sitcoms with lots of jokes. I don't know how to tell jokes.

In separateness only does love learn definition.

Love is the epiphany of God in our poverty.