“England’s made a Jew of me in only eight weeks, which, on reflection, might be the least painful method. A Jew without Jews, without Judaism, without Zionism, without Jewishness, without a temple or an army or even a pistol, a Jew clearly without a home, just the object itself, like a glass or an apple.”

“The order was made and sent out, without any reflection, and without thinking of the Jews as a sect or race to themselves, but simply as persons who had successfully, I say successfully instead of persistently because I know there were a plenty within my lines who envied them their success, violated an order, which violation innured greatly to help the rebels.”

“He was naming the groups that were pro-war. No one minds his naming the British or the Administration. But to name "Jew" is un-American — even if it is done without hate or even criticism. Why?”

“I'm learning that a lot of people--on the left as well as the right--have a problem with Jews. It is not that they object to Jews as people. It's that they object to Jews as Jews.”

“Apple pie without the cheese is like a kiss without the squeeze.”

“Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.”

“A man without a woman is like a pistol without a trigger; it is the woman who makes the man go off.”

“A soul without reflection, like a pile
Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.”

“Literature is that which he can not read without pain, without choking on truth.”

“A writer without confidence is like a metaphor without something to compare itself to.”