Czernowitzers Quotes & Sayings

Words are capable of making experience more vivid, and also of organizing it. They can scare us, and they can comfort us. — Jonathan Safran Foer

A man has perished; his corpse is dust,
and his people have passed from the land;
it is a book which makes him remembered
in the mouth of a speaker.
More excellent is a [papyrus] roll than a built house,
than a chapel in the west.
It is better than an established villa,
than a stela in a temple... — Anonymous

I seem to get recognized more in London and Europe than over here in the States. — David Boreanaz

Next morning I finally arrived at the place. The two sisters had already left for work, but the landlady of the pension admitted me into their room. I fell asleep with exhaustion. By late afternoon, when they arrived, they were more shocked than elated about my presence. They took me within an hour to a coffee house, on Lipscani Street, where many Czernowitzers congregated. Sure enough, I met Jancu, the uncle of my former student Vera. He immediately took me with my belongings, to his family, to his parents. They were the warmest, friendliest people imaginable. Vera's mother was happy, because now, she thought, Vera would pass the grade, with my help. — Pearl Fichman

My religion makes no sense
and does not help me
therefore I pursue it. — Anne Carson

What we mean by integration is not to be with them (whites) but to have what they have. — Julian Bond

You are not going to know the meaning of God or prayer unless you reduce yourself to a cipher. — Mahatma Gandhi

You never know who will see your images hanging. And I like that. I think you never really have control over the things that you do. — Luis Gonzalez

I would love to get into feature films; I'm willing to do an action flick, I'm willing to do a romantic comedy. — Kelli Berglund