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"Why don't Jews drink? It interferes with their suffering."
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"Suffering often comes from the choices you make. Choose carefully."
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"Tragedy descends, and in the carnage our enraged cynicism screams 'If there was a God, He would not have allowed this!' And somehow we've conveniently forgotten that once upon a time He allowed us to tell Him to go away, and once upon that time we allowed ourselves to take Him up on that offer."
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"There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in the roar of hurrying existence. There are glances of hatred that stab and raise no cry of murder; robberies that leave man or woman forever beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret by the sufferer-committed to no sound except that of low moans in the night, seen in no writing except that made on the face by the slow months of suppressed anguish and early morning tears. Many an inherited sorrow that has marred a life has been breathed into no human ear."
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"Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief."
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"We suffer in silence."
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"Oddly, the burned hand didn't seem to hurt much anymore; it was only numb. It would have been better if there had been pain. Pain was at least real."
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"Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness."
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"Discharge [disposal of karma] is in nature's hands. That's why there is restlessness. That is why these are the pains of dependency [association]. There are such times man has to face that it becomes difficult for him to pass even one hour."
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"Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives but on balance life is suffering and only the very sound or the very foolish imagine otherwise."
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"Also, I'm angry. I know life is hard, I think everyone knows that in their hearts, but why does it have to be cruel, as well? Why does it have to bite?"
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"I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back."
Wife


"If my mother knew I did this for a living, she'd kill me. She thinks I'm selling dope."
Mother


"While playing golf today I hit two good balls. I stepped on a rake."
Golf


"Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you're in the wrong house, that's what it means."
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"Why do Jewish men die before their wives? They want to."
Men


"My dad was the town drunk. Most of the time that's not so bad; but New York City?"
Father


"Why do Jewish divorces cost so much? They're worth it."
Worth


"Take my wife... Please!"
Wife


"My brother was a lifeguard in a car wash."
Car


"My other brother-in-law died. He was a karate expert, then joined the army. The first time he saluted, he killed himself."
Time
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