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

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.

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

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

The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren’t even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs

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.

Traveling is one expression of the desire to cross boundaries.

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.

“I don’t deserve you; you deserve better” is a red flag.

You are the light that most men will not deserve.

Loving someone doesn’t make them deserve you.

Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these, they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve.

Simplify your life. You deserve peace. We make life complicated. On its own, life is simple.

Demand the love you know you deserve.

If your best efforts bring less than desirable results because your mental health is suffering, I hope you know you are still worthy and doing all that you can. You deserve to applaud yourself.

When you start from nothing, when you come from nothing, it makes you hungry. I am proud of where I came from and I know what I want. I want to win.