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His laughter is meant to hide the greed that has begun to glint in his eyes. ("A Fur Salesman")

— Fradl Shtok

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They played some sad melody that drifted in through the window keeping people awake half the night. Some sadness would then grip the heart so you wouldn't know what it was you wanted.

Hungry, she'd run to the cemetery and undam a river of tears.

Esther was indeed a friend, but a friend is not as deeply rooted in one's heart as one's misery, as one's grief.

Old age brings a person troubles. Troubles make a person-make her old and gray before her time. Already little by little and thirty years old.

One must be stubborn to achieve one's goals, to be nobody's fool. ("A Cut")

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