“A house without a picture, my mother used to say, is like … - Blume Lempel

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“A house without a picture, my mother used to say, is like a heart without a god,” Mrs. Zagretti says. “When I pray to God, I need a picture in front of my eyes.” “We Jews carry God in our hearts,” Betty replies with an edge in her voice.

Blume Lempel

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About Blume Lempel

Blume Lempel (1907–October 20, 1999) was a Yiddish language writer. She was born in Galicia, lived in Paris between 1929 and 1939, and immigrated to New York with her husband and two children in 1939.

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Alternative Names: Blumah Lempel • Blanche Lempel

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The friendship has never crossed over the fence...The garden was the intermediary that brought them together. As the garden blossomed, so did the friendship — but never did it cross their thresholds.

The unwritten letters are the most interesting; they come spontaneously, straight from the heart, and swim away with all the unwritten stories, the uninvented poems.

How wonderful to have a friend who reads, who understands, who offers a critical word that hits the nail on the head.

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