Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

Does my sassiness surprise you?

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.

God never deserted our people. Right through the ages there were Jews. Through the ages they suffered, but it also made us strong.

Children are tough, though we tend to think of them as fragile. They have to be tough. Childhood is not easy. We sentimentalize children, but they know what's …

We are small but we are many, we are many we are small; we were here before you rose, we will be here when you fall.