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“Geniza� is a barely translatable Hebrew term that holds within it an ultimate statement about the worth of words and their place in Jewish life. It derives from the Persian ganj (or kanj), meaning “hoard� or “hidden treasure,� and while
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“At moments when Herman fantasized about a new metaphysics, or even a new religion, he based everything on the attraction of the sexes. In the beginning was lust. The godly, as well as the human, principle is desire. Gravity, light, magnetism, thought may be aspects of the same universal longing. Suffering, emptiness, darkness are nothing more than interruptions of a cosmic orgasm that grows forever in intensity...”
― Enemies: A Love Story
― Enemies: A Love Story
“Mirrors and copulation are abominable, since they both multiply the numbers of men.”
― Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
― Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
“I wonder if anyone who needs a snappy song service can really appreciate the meaning of the cross.”
― Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic
― Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic
“Intellectuals are naturally attracted by the idea of a planned society, in the belief that they will be in charge of it.”
― Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left
― Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left
“I am sorry I can say nothing more to console you, for love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams. Love in dreams is greedy for immediate action, rapidly performed and in the sight of all. Men will even give their lives if only the ordeal does not last long but is soon over, with all looking on and applauding as though on stage. But active love is labor and fortitude, and for some people too, perhaps, a complete science.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
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