Emerita Stroth

“By 1970, exclusion was so complete that fewer than 500 black families lived in white suburban neighborhoods in the entire Chicago metropolitan area, and most of those were in just five or six suburbs.”
― James W. Loewen, Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

“I hear workplace hookups are really in right now.”
I laughed. “Something tells me they’ve been in for a long time.”
He took the exit for the Arts District. “This chick sounds like she’s got you sprung.”
I took a deep breath. “Lust will do that.”
“Can’t have love without lust, man.”
― J.J. Sorel, A Taste of Peace

“I can smack a ball-bearing between your abusive fiancé’s eyes before his wingtips hit the sidewalk.”
― M.S.M. Barkawitz

“rabbis knew best. The marvelous warmth and intimacy of your ceremonies tonight! Even the little family quarrel only made things more lively. It gave the evening—well, tang. I was going to say bite, but I’d better not.” He paused skillfully for the laugh. “The little Hagada, with its awkward English and quaint old woodcuts, has been a revelation to me. I’ve suddenly realized, all over again, that I’m part of a tradition and culture that go back four thousand years. I’ve realized that it was we Jews, after all, with the immortal story of the Exodus from Egypt, who gave the world the concept of the holiness of freedom”
― Herman Wouk, Marjorie Morningstar