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Every breath I drew was a breath of fear, every shadow a stifling shock, every footfall struck on my heart like the heavy boot of the Cossack. (beginning of "How I Found America")

— Anzia Yezierska Hungry Hearts (1920)

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Give a beggar a dime and he'll bless you. Give him a dollar and he'll curse you for withholding the rest of your fortune. Poverty is a bag with a hole at the bottom.

Red Ribbon on a White Horse (1950)

The trouble with us is that the ghetto of the Middle Ages and the children of the twentieth century have to live under one roof.

Hungry Hearts (1920)

Like all people who have nothing, I lived on dreams. (beginning of "The Miracle")

Hungry Hearts (1920)

This is a story with an unhappy ending. And I too have become Americanized enough to be terrified of unhappy endings. Yet I have to drop all my work to write it.

"The world is a wheel always turning."

Hungry Hearts (1920)

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