“I'd rather believe in reincarnation than hell. The idea of an afterlife is much so more tolerable when returning is an option.”
― Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
― Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
“People don't just live one life. They keep coming back until they get it right.”
― Lucid Dreaming: A Novel
― Lucid Dreaming: A Novel
“One should always be drunk. That's all that matters...But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you chose. But get drunk.”
― Paris Spleen
― Paris Spleen
“Odd: I wish I could believe in reincarnation.
Chief Porter: Not me. Once down the track is enough of a test. Pass me or fail me, Dear Lord, but don't make me go through high school again.
Odd: If there's something we want so bad in this life but we can't have it, maybe we could get it the next time around.
Chief Porter: Or maybe not getting it, accepting less without bitterness and being grateful for what we have is a part of what we're here to learn.”
― Forever Odd
Chief Porter: Not me. Once down the track is enough of a test. Pass me or fail me, Dear Lord, but don't make me go through high school again.
Odd: If there's something we want so bad in this life but we can't have it, maybe we could get it the next time around.
Chief Porter: Or maybe not getting it, accepting less without bitterness and being grateful for what we have is a part of what we're here to learn.”
― Forever Odd
“A little while, a moment of rest upon the wind, and another woman shall bear me.”
― The Prophet
― The Prophet
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