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"And oddly enough, I had the same feeling as I left the City of David—that I was in the presence of a violent impotence. It all felt so fake. And beholding the redemption of Eretz Israel, the ostensible homecoming of an ancient people, announced in 3D projection and accessed via zip line, I could not escape the feeling of being in the presence of a poorly wrought fairy tale and an enormous con."

Making a charge according to the law of those you indict is a dangerous business. However much you try to remember your own motives, however much you may feel yourself to have succeeded, you are ultimately in their world and are thus compelled to speak to them through their symbols and stories. The need is even greater when you are a stranger to them, because your claims are always viewed with more skepticism.

Stunning writing. 10 pages in, have no idea about the story, but I can tell for certain the luxuriant prose is going to stay on my mind.

There are some people in this world who remind you of exactly how you like to speak.

In a span of a couple hundred pages, I fell hard.

Finding it harder and harder to pick this book up.