"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 robber who steals a knife and cuts himself cannot cry out against the woman who kept it sharp."

"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…"