I Try To Stay A Civilian, To

I Was A Very Religious Child - I Went To Synagogue At Least Once, Sometimes Twice, A Day. And I Remember My Religiousness As Good - I Think Religion Is Good For Children, Especially Educated Children, Because It Allows For Imagination, A Whole Imaginative World Apart From The Practical World.

God Has Pity On Kindergarten Children

The Memory Of My Father Is Wrapped Up In White Paper, Like Sandwiches Taken For A Day Of Work. Just As A Magician Takes Towers And Rabbits Out Of His Hat, He Drew Love From His Small Body.

And As We Stray Further From Love, We Multiply The Words. Had We Remained Together We Could Have Become A Silence.

A Flock Of Sheep Near The Airport Or A High Voltage Generator Beside The Orchard: These Combinations Open Up My Life Like A Wound, But They Also Heal It. That's Why My Feelings Always Come In Twos.