“I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas.”

—  Abraham Joshua Heschel

The Zookeeper's Wife (2008)
Context: I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don't be old. Don't be stale.

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