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“What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man?” Pg. 25

“‘No, that is the great fallacy; the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.’” Pg. 111

The original user of “cooked” - “We were all cooked.”

“There is a class that controls a country that is stupid and does not realize anything and never can. That is why we have this war.”

“Man comes closer to God through the questions he asks Him, he liked to say. Therein lies true dialogue. Man asks and God replies. But we don’t understand his replies. We cannot understand them. Because they dwell in the depths of our souls and remain there until we die. The real answers, Eliezer, you will find only within yourself.” Pg. 4

Foreword: “Did I explain to him that what had been a stumbling block for his faith had become a cornerstone for mine?”

“We do not know the worth of one single drop of blood, one single tear. All is grace. If the Almighty is the Almighty, the last word for each of us belongs to Him.”

“Perhaps the beast can earn the beauty after all.” Pg. 424

“She is a vision, a nightmare, a dream. A grim reaper clad in black, come to steal my soul and my heart. I’ve never seen something so beautiful, so bold, so blatantly wrong for me. She is a devil. She is a deity. She is a man’s downfall in human form. She is my downfall . . . Why did I ever think I could have her, ever think she would have me? Because beats don’t get the beauty.” Pg. 407

“Not until I looked into a pair of ocean-blue eyes and realized that perhaps drowning was a beautiful thing. Not until I looked into a pair of fiery blue eyes and realized that perhaps burning was a painless thing. Not until I looked into a pair of sky-blue eyes and realized that perhaps falling was a peaceful thing.
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‘Blue,’ I say, my voice low.” Pg. 246

“‘Can’t do is like Don’t Care.’ Neither of them have a home.’
Translated, that meant there was nothing a person can’t do, and there should be nothing a human being didn’t care about. It was the most positive encouragement I could have hoped for.” Pg. 261