Chaim Potok Quotes

1929-02-17 - 2002-07-23

Chaim Potok (1929-02-17 - 2002-07-23) was an American author and rabbi.

It was senseless, as— I held my breath, feeling myself shiver with fear— as Billy's blindness was senseless.

Reuven Malter when thinking about the death of Pres. Roosevelt

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I went away and cried to the Master of the Universe, "What have you done to me? A mind like this I need for a son? A heart I need for a son, a soul I need for a son, compassion I want from my son, righteousness, mercy, strength to suffer and carry pain, that I want from my son, not a mind without a soul!"

Chaim Potok
— Reb Saunders to Reuven Malter (p. 264)

Tags: away, cried, Master, Universe, What, you, done, me, mind

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Reuven, as you grow older you will discover that the most important things that will happen to you will often come as a result of silly things, as you call them— "ordinary things" is a better expression. That is the way the world is.

Chaim Potok
— David Malter to Reuven Malter (p. 110)

Tags: Reuven, you, grow, older, discover, most, important, things, often

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You can listen to silence, Reuven. I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and dimension all its own.

Chaim Potok
— Danny Saunders to Reuven Malter

Tags: You, can, listen, silence, Reuven, begun, learn, quality, dimension

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I don't understand why I wanted to kill you.

Chaim Potok
— Danny Saunders to Reuven Malter

Tags: understand, wanted, kill, you

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It is never pleasant to be a buffer, Reuven.

Chaim Potok
— David Malter to Reuven Malter

Tags: never, pleasant, buffer, Reuven

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