“I was surprised, as always, by how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with possibility.”
“Do you always try to upset the world as much as possible?" Clare asked.He gave her a surprised look. "Of course. Otherwise how does anything change?”
“It's always like a miracle. No matter how bad everything was on ordinary days, no matter how poor they seemed, on Yontev -- like on Shabbos -- they suddenly seemed rich.”
“I'm always surprised by how much I love the world... Hate seems so much easier, in comparison.”
“She seems sort of lost.'I thought, Lost how? How am I lost? Suddenly I felt lost.”
“If I had to say how I felt, I would say like a box that had been turned upside down. And the box was surprised by just how empty it was.”