Any given discipline contains a majority of priests and a minority of prophets, and the eternal question is who prevails. - Shulamith Hareven

The history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the history of two societies in extreme distress: anyone who speaks only of the anguish of the Israelis is not telling the whole truth, nor is anyone who speaks only of the misery of the Palestinians.

We write of what we know, but a large part of our local culture-not all but a large part-tends to lose its significance in transposition.

The ways of the world began to turn upside down about one hour after sunrise. (first line of "Prophet")