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Chaim Potok Quotes

1929–2002 United States

Chaim Potok (17 February 1929 - 23 July 2002) was an American author and rabbi.

United States
Novelists
Rabbis

Also known as: The Chosen

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5 quotes

It is never pleasant to be a buffer, Reuven.

The Chosen (1967)

It was senseless, as— I held my breath, feeling myself shiver with fear— as Billy's blindness was senseless.

The Chosen (1967)

I don't understand why I wanted to kill you.

The Chosen (1967)

You can listen to silence, Reuven. I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and dimension all its own.

The Chosen (1967)

Reuven, as you grow older you will discover that the most important things that will happen to you will often come as a result of silly things, as you call them— "ordinary things" is a better expression. That is the way the world is.

The Chosen (1967)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Chaim Potok (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.