“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.”

“The truth, my friend, is an awesome thing, to be handled with wisdom and with courage denied to ordinary people. Most of us must make do with illusions. Or else -- or else we could not endure.”

“There always seem to be very rich people, no matter how poor the country,” Thenoclon said.”

“No matter how much bullying they inflict on my body, as long as I have this hope, I can endure any pain.”

“In his day, liking someone like David Bowie would have been the domain of degenerate officers in black and white movies about nazis.”

“Everyone runs around trying to find a place where they still serve breakfast because eating breakfast, even if it's 5 o'clock in the afternoon, is a sign that the day has just begun and good things can still happen. Having lunch is like throwing in the towel.”

“What color is time? Where do the thoughts of the dead go? How is it diseases spread but miracles don't? Have you ever thought of that?”