“The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things.”

“People generally overestimate how distinct their lives are, so the commonalities seemed to them like a series of miracles.”

“Calling something exotic emphasizes its distance from the reader. We don’t refer to things as exotic if we think of them as ordinary. We call something exotic if it’s so different that we see no way to emulate it or understand how it came to be. We call someone exotic if we aren’t especially interested in viewing them as people — just as objects representing their culture.”

“Nature" is another name for the miracles that are so commonplace in our lives that we take for granted and have grown used to seeing them.”

“As you grow older you will discover that the most important things that will happen to you will often come as a result of silly things, as you call them --"ordinary things" is a better expression. That is the way the world is.”

“Reuven, as you grow older you will discover that the most important thing that will happen to you will often come as a result of silly things, as you call them- "ordinary things" is a better expression. That is the way the world is.”