The Messiah of Stockholm Quotes

“Death's reliable.”
― Cynthia Ozick, The Messiah of Stockholm

“The novella will be called, I think, “The Messiah of Stockholm.” It takes place in Stockholm. I’d better say no more, or the Muse will wipe it out.”
― Cynthia Ozick, The Messiah of Stockholm

“The Germans are sentimental. Their word Heimweh. The English say homesick; the same in plain Swedish. Hemsjuk. Leave it to the Germans to pull out, like some endless elastic belt of horrible sweetness, all that molasses woe.”
― Cynthia Ozick, The Messiah of Stockholm

“You think the world is made of literature. You think reality is a piece of paper”
― Cynthia Ozick, The Messiah of Stockholm

“Not everything given away is recoverable!”
― Cynthia Ozick, The Messiah of Stockholm

“Not everything given away is recoverable.”
― Cynthia Ozick, The Messiah of Stockholm