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Etgar Keret is an Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television. Wikipedia  

✵ 20. August 1967
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Works

Missing Kissinger
Etgar Keret: 9 quotes4 likes

Famous Etgar Keret Quotes

“There are two kinds of people, those who like to sleep next to the wall, and those who like to sleep next to the people who push them off the bed.”

Etgar Keret

Source: The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God & Other Stories

“If you want to learn how to be happy, you have to know what is sadness first.”

Etgar Keret book Missing Kissinger

Source: Missing Kissinger

“According to Gur's theory of boredom, everything that happens in the world today is because of boredom: love, war, inventions, fake fireplaces - ninety-five percent of all that is pure boredom.”

Etgar Keret

Source: The Nimrod Flipout: Stories

“A word is a lot.”

Etgar Keret

“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

Source: Gaza Blues: Different Stories

“Maybe in the general scheme of things he couldn't find any meaning in life, but on a smaller scale it was okay. Not always, but a lot of the time.”

Etgar Keret

Source: The Girl on the Fridge

“You'll never know what's happening inside the heads of other people.”

Etgar Keret

Source: The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God & Other Stories

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