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“A soldier who serves an emperor has to have a uniform, and this also applies to a soldier who serves the Almighty.”
― Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Penitent

“What concrete steps can I take now?" I asked the voice, and it replied: "Go to a house of prayer and pray."
"Without faith?" I countered, and the voice said: "You have more faith than you know.”
― Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Penitent

“I ordered breakfast. I watched someone at the next table working away at his plate of ham with eggs. I had long since come to the conclusion that man's treatment of God's creatures makes mockery of all his ideals and of the whole alleged humanism. In order for this overstuffed individual to enjoy his ham, a living creature had to be raised, dragged to its death, stabbed, tortured, scalded in hot water. The man didn't give a second's thought to the fact the pig was made of the same stuff as he and that it had to pay with suffering and death so that he could taste its flesh. I've thought more than once that when it comes to animals, every man is a Nazi.”
― Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Penitent

“Where do the wheels of history lead? How can you be so sure that the wheels of history won't get bogged down in blood and marrow again?”
― Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Penitent

“His eyes reflected a softness I had already forgotten in America.”
― Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Penitent

“The paper paid tribute to every possible kind of idolatry and spat at truth. According to the editors, if the voters would only choose the President they recommended, and put into effect this or the other reform, all would be right with the world.

Excerpt From: Isaac Bashevis Singer. “The Penitent.â€� iBooks.”
― Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Penitent