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Quote by Chaim Potok
A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully an

A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called forth by the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare – let alone contemporary poetry or a modern novel. – Chaim Potok

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All of us grow up in particular realities – a home, family, a clan, a small town, a neighborhood. Depending upon how were brought up, we are either deeply aware of the particular reading of reality into which we are born, or we are peripherally aware of it. – Chaim Potok

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I think that to a very great extent we are partners with the divine in this enterprise called history. That is an ongoing relationship, and there is absolutely no guarantee that things will automatically work out to our best advantage. – Chaim Potok

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When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone. – Walter Scott

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Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets. – Paul Tournier

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I very much wished not to be noticed, and to be left alone, and I sort of succeeded. – Mary Oliver

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Life certainly points it out to you – you can go this way or the other way. You have to decide and its a very strong decision because, would you sleep well knowing that youre living in the best place, but youre letting the place where you should live alone? – Gael Garcia Bernal

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