“The Nazis had broken our windows and torn apart our furniture, but they had not destroyed our selves.”

“Today you had a very important lesson on taking punches. A lot of people will tell you that the first thing you have to learn is how to take a punch. But I believe the first thing you should know is that you can take one and survive. A punch won't kill you. Conquering your fear is the first step to becoming a powerful fighter.”

“There's adventure in the air. . . and cake to be eaten.”

“The weakest punches are thrown with the tongue.”

“There was so much we had done to ourselves, so much we said in our sessions that our hearts were rent with sorrow. There is so much that happens to the human heart that is in the realm of the unthinkable, the unknowable, the unbearable. (95)”

“Both our opinions are rooted in our experience," I said. "Both of them are true, it's just that we've had different experiences.”

“Classic is our daring, classic our cowardice. Classic is our cruelty, classic our charity.”