The Lover Quotes

“Our hands were almost touching. Almost touching. Each atom in the air between us was electric. God, everything mattered so much.”
― Rebecca Sacks, The Lover

“What I wanted was for there to be a rocket siren now. Right now. A siren would crack the world open. That’s what I wanted. No more questions about history, justice, or power imbalances. Let it all evaporate. When the sirens were singing, I did not have to ask myself how I was changed, or if I could ever change back. There was one imperative: find shelter. To be afraid was to be blameless. It felt simple and clean. It felt good.”
― Rebecca Sacks, The Lover

“I lean against the kitchen sink, listening as the piano tells the one story that is every story: we are small, we are scared, we are brave. We love, we hurt, we fall apart, we change, we let go, we go on. We become unrecognizable. We stay more or less the same - small and scared. It goes forever. Stay as long as you can.”
― Rebecca Sacks, The Lover

“Magic is words whose power does not require understanding or even belief - religion’s unregulated cousin. There are those who say that all words are magic, every sentence a spell. I live in Israel, I said in my heart at night, I am Israeli, trying to harness the secret power of the words.”
― Rebecca Sacks, The Lover

“Nothing had ever felt this good. Nothing in my whole life had ever felt as good as being welcomed not just into a family but into a people. How could I go? I couldn’t go. Please, I whispered in my heart, please let me stay. This is praying.”
― Rebecca Sacks, The Lover