This Magnificent Dappled Sea

by David Biro

nediv lev, generous in their hearts.”

“The Babylonian Talmud says, ‘Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as if he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world.’

“He said he believed in people like Orlando, that almost everyone did. So maybe it’s not just my story, Nina. Maybe it’s not a story at all.”