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The ways of the world began to turn upside down about one hour after sunrise. (first line of "Prophet")

— Shulamith Hareven

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The greatest leaders the world has known were never charismatic or dependent on their public's falling in love with them.

The Vocabulary of Peace: Life, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East (1995)

There is nothing to do but to fix and fix and repair and repair all the time, every day, all our lives.

The Vocabulary of Peace: Life, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East (1995)

Statistics are often the last refuge of the antihumanist.

The Vocabulary of Peace: Life, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East (1995)

From now on there will always be a great self-consciousness between us, as between people who have gone too far.

Twilight and Other Stories (1992)

Midway in life, as at its outset, you do not trust your body not to fail or disappoint you.

Twilight and Other Stories (1992)

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