Deborah Feldman Quotes

#1. Bubby scoffs at my question. A Jew can never be a goy, she says, even if they try their hardest to become one. They may dress like one, speak like one, live like one, but Jewishness is something that can never be erased. Even Hitler knew that.

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#2. Some people simply use their faith as a lexicon of behavioral reasoning; without that they would be forced to face their own moral and ethical failings honestly according to a secular code of right and wrong.

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#3. If my mind cannot be tied down, if my dreams cannot be diminished, then no amount of restraints can really guarantee my quiet submission.

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#4. Subconsciously, I have started to say goodbye to the people and objects in my life as if preparing to die, even though I have no real plan. I just feel strongly, in my gut, that I'm not meant to stay here.

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#5. Can anyone survive without faith, however its labeled? No matter how you live, it seems, you need faith to get by, to get ahead.

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#6. apparent. Once I put Clorox cream on

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#7. I'd rather believe in reincarnation than hell. The idea of an afterlife is much so more tolerable when returning is an option.

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#8. I am hungry for power, but not to lord over others; only to own myself.

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#9. I resolve to venture into the city on my own. I look at maps in the library - subway maps, bus maps, and regular maps - and try to memorize them. I'm afraid of getting lost; no, I'm afraid of sinking into the city as in a quicksand, afraid of getting sucked into something I can never escape.

Deborah Feldman