Best 8 quotes in «hanukkah quotes» category

The proper response, as Hanukkah teaches, is not to curse the darkness but to light a candle.

Sophie wondered when was she going to learn that lots of things seem like a good idea but a small amount of analysis might uncover that such seemingly good ideas are, in fact, intrinsically faulty.

Let the straight flower bespeak its purpose in straightness - to seek the light. Let the crooked flower bespeak its purpose in crookedness - to seek the light. Let the crookedness and straightness bespeak the light.

Still ours the dance, the feast, the glorious Psalm, The mystic lights of emblem, and the Word.

Oskar is the fruit of those fantasies -- the idea that what needed to be saved was not just lives but hope.

Oskar's particular blessings are blessings that only a major cosmopolitan city can bestow on a refugee. They represent all our potential to survive and even thrive in the face of great loss.

The next day, eating a turkey sandwich with salt and mayonnaise, Rebecca decided Thanksgiving was the best holiday, although she had little to choose from: her family never celebrated Hanukkah but her father was militant about ignoring Christmas and insisted they spend December 25 eating Chinese takeout and going to the movies.

Every cubic inch of space is a miracle.