The dogs were really keening now, like Irish widows.

“Lista este viața. De jur-împrejurul marginilor ei scorojite se deschide prăpast…”

“He [Rabbi Menasha Levaartov] was one of those men who, even in the years of pea…”

“Tout le monde voulait être dans le coup ce jour-là. Car, ce jour-là, on allait …”

“Paradox is beloved of novelists. The despised savior, the humane whore, the sel…”