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The Jewish people have been in exile for 2,000 years; they have lived in hundreds of countries, spoken hundreds of languages and still they kept their old language, Hebrew. They kept their Aramaic, later their Yiddish; they kept their books; they kept their faith.

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

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A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise… Because that is how life is — full of surprises.

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I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day.

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