On Herring Cove Road Quotes

“Just because you're aware that you're a nincompoop, doesn't make you any less of one.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Jew and the Goy Boy

“You know when I was your age, we had school eight days a week. That is probably where I was confused. And we had to walk uphill both ways in two feet of snow every day during the winter. We also had to do it barefoot since boots had not been invented then.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“Mrs. Dixon is impressively tolerant with our being Jewish.” “Av, she’s not tolerant at all,” Ruth corrected him, causing his bushy eyebrows to rise. “She doesn’t have a problem with us being Jewish to require any tolerance.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“Av, she’s not tolerant at all,” Ruth corrected him, causing his bushy eyebrows to rise. “She doesn’t have a problem with us being Jewish to require any tolerance.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“Even though Canada’s immigration laws made it more than difficult for Jews to enter the country,”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“He had expected many more hugs and kisses, and he had expected to be able to tell her goodbye many times over before the annoyed and impatient Death took her from him. He had never expected that they would part without any goodbyes.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“With the changes his wife had made in their lives, she never tried to force him to change. She never forced friends on him, never forced him into large tight crowds, and she always tolerated the protective emotional covering he habitually wore outside of their home. She had never once pushed him to leave his comfort zone for anything other than an absolute necessity.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“Mr. Rosen didn’t immediately question his wife’s decisions. He had learned to wait and after he had given it some thought, he would find she was right.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“He had heard of seniors, who after becoming bored and/or lonely and/or began fearing the closeness of death, turning or returning to religion, but he had never expected the change in his wife, especially since he thought it was only for Christians.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“It was a shock to find the boy and because we found him, we might think that sort of thing happens all the time and the world is an evil place, but it is not. That sort of thing almost never occurs, and it is because it almost never occurs that we hear much about it when it does, making us think it occurs all the time.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“He didn’t yet understand the concept of sales tax and would be disappointed when he did.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“playing a rock song and, as the volume increased, he was able to recognize it.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“terms with”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“Uh...yes, I got a hold of the synagogue, and Rabbi Lavigne (if I remember his name correctly) let us know where she was buried.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“embarrassing himself, he”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Jew And The Goy Boy

“he kissed the”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Jew And The Goy Boy