Gaza Blues Quotes

“He felt full of a dense and sour substance that was blocking his chest, and it wasn't grief. After all those years, life now seemed like no more than a trap, a maze, not even a maze, just a room that was all walls, no door.”
― Etgar Keret, Gaza Blues: Different Stories

“I always used to think that heaven is a place for people who've spent their whole life being good, but it isn't. God is too merciful and kind to make a decision like that. Heaven is simply a place for people who were genuinely unable to be happy on earth.”
― Etgar Keret, Gaza Blues: Different Stories

“I wish I understood why you buy all this stuff."

"For the same reason I married you," she murmured. "To help pass the time.”
― Etgar Keret, Gaza Blues: Different Stories