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"You went up to be examined with the other Jewish children, your heart heavy about that matter of your nose."
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"It is the state of the heart within us that determines the nature of the triggers we will pull outside of us."
"The funny thing about the heart is a soft heart is a strong heart, and a hard heart is a weak heart."
"I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart."
"It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see."
"Aphrodite: Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart.Percy: But... I don't know where it's going. My heart, I mean."
"Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart."
"Feel, now let your heart be your light; imagination is your way and bliss is your destination."
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"His struggle for a bare living left him no time to take advantage of the public evening school. In time he learned to read, to follow a conversation or lecture; but he never learned to write correctly; and his pronunciation remains extremely foreign to this day."
"The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school."
"There was one public school for boys, and one for girls, but Jewish children were admitted in limited numbers - only ten to a hundred; and even the lucky ones had their troubles."
"The czar was always sending us commands - you shall not do this and you shall not do that - till there was very little left that we might do, except pay tribute and die."
"You heard on all sides that the brightest Jewish children were turned down if the examining officers did not like the turn of their noses."
"As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns."
"One positive command he gave us: You shall love and honor your emperor. In every congregation a prayer must be said for the czar's health, or the chief of police would close the synagogue."
"Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth."
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