“Half of the time I don't know what they're talking about; their jokes seem to relate to a past that everyone but me has shared. I'm a foreigner in the world and I don't understand the language.”
“Regrettably, all the people I know in Florida don't know about anything outside their great country. Plus they expect everyone to understand what they're talking about”
“I don't understand you, darling!That's what I'm talking about, dear!”
“There's so much about girls I don't understand. I don't know how I'm old enough to kiss them but not old enough to talk to them.”
“Shall I tell you a joke about languages? Abulfaz asked.A joke. Yes, okay.What do you call a Russian who speaks four languages?I don't know.A Zionist. What about a Russian who speaks three languages?I don't know.A spy. And two? ... No? A nationalist. And only one? ... An inter-nationalist.”
“Everyone's moving on without me, into a world I don't understand.”