"Young women aren’t allowed to be selfishly angry. They’re sometimes allowed to be angry in a sort of righteous way fo…"

"I think that a lot of anti-Semitism is historically a deflection of resentment of capital. It’s a deflection of that …"

"I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on."

"And I wasn’t old enough to be wise, so I loved her more, not less, because I knew she would be taken from me soon."

"I’m not stupid, nor a liar,” I said, “and if I can’t do any good, I can at least do something"

"They all had stories. They had mothers or fathers, sisters or lovers. They weren't alone in the world, mattering to n…"

"Thrice, mortal maiden,” in a rhyme almost like a song, “Thrice you shall turn silver to gold for me, or be changed to…"

"A power claimed and challenged and thrice carried out is true"

"I am not your subject or your servant, and if you want a cowering mouse for a wife, go find someone else who can turn…"

"Uprooted is very much about my mother’s side of the family, who were Polish Catholics. They were deeply patriotic and…"