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“When the devil gets old, he becomes a monk.” 162

“Innocence has no fears…” 176

“Whoever ever over-eats and over-drinks on earth will vomit everything up in Hades.” 201

“He knew that Judas’s heart was hard and that for it to soften, time was needed—time and skill and much love.” 223

“Lord, your will has been done: you made me blossom, you blew, the petals fell away. Is there no hope I may blossom again, Lord?” 135

“Shame is also a temptation. Conquer it—stay!” 144

“He clutched sin, desperately, as a means of keeping himself on earth.” 156

“Fasting in moderation, prayer and moderation: that would be fine for both men and God...” 161

“Thank you, Lord, for bringing me where I did not want to come!” 83

“‘Lord, O Lord,’ the son of Mary murmured again, ‘give me the strength to stay until my turn comes.’” 87

“‘The two friends have partied and returned to their homes,’ a third person whispered, ‘the flesh to the soil and the soul to God.’” 106

“…shadows lengthened…” 128

“Forgive you—why? Hunger isn’t anything to be ashamed of, my fine lad, nor is thirst, nor love. They’re all God’s—so come closer and don’t be ashamed.” 71

“The God I’m telling you about, the domestic one, not be monastic: that’s the true God.” 72

“‘Lord,’ he murmured, ‘ I thank you for everything; for the loneliness, the hunger, the cold. I lack nothing.’” 78

“God is not in a hurry, but man is, and they could wait no longer. Not even the painted hopes which took up both walls of the synagogue could deceive them now.” 54

“God’s true voice always comes to us from within.” 56

“A hairless cross-eyed man with a sharp, skinny snout jumped up. she looked as though someone had forgot to add the yeast when he was kneaded.” 57

“Rabbi, your face is deemed worthy of reverence only because I revere it, only because I, Rome, want to give it value—of itself it has none.” 48

“God is an abyss, he reflected, and abyss. I’d better not go near!” 49

“Scandal had it that she was possessed with seven devils, but her heart did not contain seven devils; it contained seven knives.” 38

“Let the cross through—it is sent by God; let the gypsies make ready their nails, let Adonai’s apostle mount the cross. Do not be afraid; have faith!” 43

The air was a fire which licked the stones. 44

“God… Or was it the devil? Who can tell them apart? They exchange faces; God sometimes becomes all darkness, the devil all light, and the mind of man is left in the muddle.” 15

“Enraptured, the young man breathed in the morning world.” 16

“And you, pious milquetoast: you don’t murder, steal or commit adultery—because you are afraid. All your virtues are daughters of fear.”

“And you naive sheep: you bleat and follow a God who is going to eat you…And you, son of Levi: quack, God-peddler who sells the Lord by the ounce…who stands men God as a drink so that they will become tipsy and open their purses to you and their hearts.” 10