For the Relief of Unbearable Urges Quotes

“The Jewish day begins in the calm of evening, when it won't shock the system with its arrival.”
― Nathan Englander, For the Relief of Unbearable Urges

“He was surprised, as always, to witness a new degradation, to find another display of wretchedness original enough to bring tears to his eyes. He took a deep breath and ignored the sense of injustice, a rich man's emotion, a feeling Mendel had given up the liberty of experiencing horrors and horrors before.”
― Nathan Englander, For the Relief of Unbearable Urges: Stories

“These are hopeful stories from hopeless times. Without them the grief of this nation would tip it into the sea.”
― Nathan Englander, For the Relief of Unbearable Urges: Stories

“And we know, until they stop their terrible motion, until they cease swooping and darting and banging into the walls, until they alight, come to rest, exhausted, spent, there is nothing at all we can do.”
― Nathan Englander, For the Relief of Unbearable Urges: Stories

“There are secrets behind everything that God creates.”
― Nathan Englander, For the Relief of Unbearable Urges: Stories