“Yes, I lay in my grave. But if you lie in a grave long enough, you get accustomed to it and you don't want to part from it. He had given me a pill of cyanide, He and his wife and their son also carried such pills. We all lived with death, and I want you to know that one can fall in love with death. Whoever has loved death cannot love anything else any more. When the liberation came and they told me to leave, I didn't want to go. I clung to the threshold like an ox being dragged to the slaughter. ("Hanka")”
Isaac Bashevis Singer“I believe in God but people are liars. It's those people who say they are appointed by God who I don't believe in.”
Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer“If one knew the truth how could there be freedom? If hell and paradise were in the middle of the marketplace, everyone would be a saint.”
Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer“Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.”
Isaac Bashevis Singer“The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.”
Isaac Bashevis Singer“I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.”
Isaac Bashevis Singer“For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.”
Isaac Bashevis Singer