“You've been the rabbi here for thirty years and these guys who've never set foot here want to decide who should be rabbi or not. And to lead prayer in Hebrew for Jews who speak Arabic, they want you to write in French. So I say they're nuts.”

“...by the time you've finished naming a thing, it has already changed and the name you gave it no longer defines it exactly...”

“I believe God loves those moments when we do without him.”

“My lady,' said the servant girl, 'are those who sit at the table great if they are enslaved to their own selfish needs and wishes? Are those who serve the table less if they are free to love? The giver of love receives. The one who understands is understood. The one who consoles receives consolation...' That day the servant was set free for saying strong things gently and gentle things strongly.”

“It is what it is...life. It goes on when we don't want it to. It moves forward when all you want to do is stand still or turn back.”

“The truth is that not story or life lived goes on without the experiences changing you. For better or worse, life does that. The events that take place make you who you are. Sometimes they take more than you have to give.”

“We barely know who we are and yet we are forever searching for the answers to the most basic of questions.”