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-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "There is no death. How can there be death if everything is part of the Godhead? The soul never dies and the body is never really alive."

There is no death. How can there be death if everything is part of the Godhead? The soul never dies and the body is never really alive.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "When a writer tries to explain too much, he's out of time before he begins."

When a writer tries to explain too much, he's out of time before he begins.




-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "We are all God's creatures-that we pray to God for mercy and justice while we continue to eat the flesh of animals that are slaughtered on our account is not consistent."

We are all God's creatures-that we pray to God for mercy and justice while we continue to eat the flesh of animals that are slaughtered on our account is not consistent.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "No matter how much you know a human being, you don't know him enough."

No matter how much you know a human being, you don't know him enough.




-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "While facts never become obsolete or stale, commentaries always do."

While facts never become obsolete or stale, commentaries always do.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written the Two Thousand Commandments."

If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written the Two Thousand Commandments.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment."

The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.




-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "To me the Yiddish language and the conduct of those who spoke it are identical."

To me the Yiddish language and the conduct of those who spoke it are identical.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "They still believe in God, the family, angels, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other obsolete stuff."

They still believe in God, the family, angels, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other obsolete stuff.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "What nature creates has eternity in it."

What nature creates has eternity in it.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "When a day passes, it is no longer there. What remains of it? Nothing more than a story. If stories weren't told or books weren't written, man would live like the beasts, only for the day."

When a day passes, it is no longer there. What remains of it? Nothing more than a story. If stories weren't told or books weren't written, man would live like the beasts, only for the day.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "From borrowing one gets poorer and from work one gets richer."

From borrowing one gets poorer and from work one gets richer.




-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "The sexual organs are the most sensitive organs of the human being. They are not diplomats. They tell the truth."

The sexual organs are the most sensitive organs of the human being. They are not diplomats. They tell the truth.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "God is a writer and we are both the heroes and the readers."

God is a writer and we are both the heroes and the readers.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "I am not ashamed to admit that I belong to those who fantasize that literature is capable of bringing new horizons and new perspectives--philosophical, religious, aesthetical and even social."

I am not ashamed to admit that I belong to those who fantasize that literature is capable of bringing new horizons and new perspectives--philosophical, religious, aesthetical and even social.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "In many ways, astrology, numerology and palmistry are corruptions of the occult because they have attempted to make a practice out of something that is essentially imaginative."

In many ways, astrology, numerology and palmistry are corruptions of the occult because they have attempted to make a practice out of something that is essentially imaginative.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "In our time, when the literature for adults is deteriorating, good books for children are the only hope, the only refuge."

In our time, when the literature for adults is deteriorating, good books for children are the only hope, the only refuge.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "One can find in the Yiddish tongue and in the Yiddish spirit expressions of pious joy, lust for life, longing for the Messiah, patience and deep appreciation of human individuality."

One can find in the Yiddish tongue and in the Yiddish spirit expressions of pious joy, lust for life, longing for the Messiah, patience and deep appreciation of human individuality.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "Sometimes you have the feeling that some little imp is standing behind you and dictating to you, but he gives it to you slowly, drop by drop."

Sometimes you have the feeling that some little imp is standing behind you and dictating to you, but he gives it to you slowly, drop by drop.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop."

The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "Actually, the true story of a person's life can never be written. It is beyond the power of literature. The full tale of any life would be both utterly boring and utterly unbelievable."

Actually, the true story of a person's life can never be written. It is beyond the power of literature. The full tale of any life would be both utterly boring and utterly unbelievable.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "All is foreseen but the choice is given."

All is foreseen but the choice is given.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation."

Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "I believe in God but people are liars. It's those people who say they are appointed by God who I don't believe in."

I believe in God but people are liars. It's those people who say they are appointed by God who I don't believe in.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "God gave us so many emotions, and so many strong ones. Every human being, even if he is an idiot, is a millionaire in emotions."

God gave us so many emotions, and so many strong ones. Every human being, even if he is an idiot, is a millionaire in emotions.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "No doubt the world is entirely an imaginary world, but it is only once removed from the true world."

No doubt the world is entirely an imaginary world, but it is only once removed from the true world.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "There is a plan to this universe. There is a high intelligence, maybe even a purpose, but it's given to us on the installment plan."

There is a plan to this universe. There is a high intelligence, maybe even a purpose, but it's given to us on the installment plan.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "Of course I believe in free will. Do we have a choice?"

Of course I believe in free will. Do we have a choice?



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "I believe in free will. I have no choice."

I believe in free will. I have no choice.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "Whatever doesn't really happen is dreamed at night. It happens to one if it doesn't happen to another, tomorrow if not today, or a century hence if not next year."

Whatever doesn't really happen is dreamed at night. It happens to one if it doesn't happen to another, tomorrow if not today, or a century hence if not next year.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "It seems that the analysis of character is the highest human entertainment. And literature does it, unlike gossip, without mentioning names."

It seems that the analysis of character is the highest human entertainment. And literature does it, unlike gossip, without mentioning names.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "Shoulders are from God and burdens too."

Shoulders are from God and burdens too.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "What happened was no accident. Everything was preordained. True, the will was free, but heaven also made its ordinances."

What happened was no accident. Everything was preordained. True, the will was free, but heaven also made its ordinances.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "Children?have no use for psychology."

Children?have no use for psychology.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "It is written, better to be a fool all your days than for one hour to be evil. You are not a fool. They are the fools. For he who causes his neighbor to feel shame loses Paradise himself."

It is written, better to be a fool all your days than for one hour to be evil. You are not a fool. They are the fools. For he who causes his neighbor to feel shame loses Paradise himself.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "When literature becomes overly erudite, it means that interest in the art has gone and curiosity about the artist is what's important. It becomes a kind of idolatry."

When literature becomes overly erudite, it means that interest in the art has gone and curiosity about the artist is what's important. It becomes a kind of idolatry.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "When the time comes I will go joyfully. Whatever may be there, it will be real, without complication, without ridicule, without deception."

When the time comes I will go joyfully. Whatever may be there, it will be real, without complication, without ridicule, without deception.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "The characters have their own lives and their own logic, and you have to act accordingly."

The characters have their own lives and their own logic, and you have to act accordingly.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "A story to me must have some surprise...I must have a passion to write the story."

A story to me must have some surprise...I must have a passion to write the story.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "Each soul must accomplish its task, or it would not have been sent here."

Each soul must accomplish its task, or it would not have been sent here.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "Those who run around with women don't walk tightropes. They find it hard enough to crawl on the ground."

Those who run around with women don't walk tightropes. They find it hard enough to crawl on the ground.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "What's the good of not believing? Today it's your wife you don't believe; tomorrow it's God Himself you won't take stock in."

What's the good of not believing? Today it's your wife you don't believe; tomorrow it's God Himself you won't take stock in.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "It is a fact that the classics of Yiddish literature are also the classics of the modern Hebrew literature."

It is a fact that the classics of Yiddish literature are also the classics of the modern Hebrew literature.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "The pessimism of the creative person is not decadence but a mighty passion for the redemption of man."

The pessimism of the creative person is not decadence but a mighty passion for the redemption of man.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "As much as I can give of myself I give of myself. There's no reason why not. And when I have to hide something, I let the character speak."

As much as I can give of myself I give of myself. There's no reason why not. And when I have to hide something, I let the character speak.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it."

The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children."

We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "Every body resisted (the slaughterer) in its own fashion, tried to escape and seemed to argue with the Creator to its last breath."

Every body resisted (the slaughterer) in its own fashion, tried to escape and seemed to argue with the Creator to its last breath.



-Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes: "The genuine writer cannot ignore the fact that the family is losing its spiritual foundation."

The genuine writer cannot ignore the fact that the family is losing its spiritual foundation.