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A Messiah who actually arrives is no good to anybody. A hope fulfilled is already half a disappointment.

— Michael Chabon The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (2007)

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Miracles prove nothing except to those whose faith is bought very cheap, sir.

The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (2007)

Every generation loses the messiah it has failed to deserve.

The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (2007)

He’s too superstitious not to see this as a bad omen, but when you're a pessimist, all omens are bad.

The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (2007)

He didn’t want to be what he wasn’t, he didn’t know how to be what he was.

The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (2007)

The rest of Sitka’s homicides are so-called crimes of passion, which is a shorthand way of expressing the mathematical product of alcohol and firearms.

The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (2007)

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