"But as my brother was doing his research for a book about my father, it became his opinion that the most influential anti-semitism my father encountered when he was growing up was from Jews, because his relatives were German Jews, and doctors."

-- Tobias Wolff

#Brother Quotes #Growing Up Quotes #Father Quotes

“Pain is short, and joy is eternal.”
“If you could wish on a star right now, what would you wish for?"I ask him. "For time to stop. "Why?" He shrugs. "Cause I could live forever at this moment.”
“I have nothing more to give you than my heart. Spanish saying Hearts are not to be had as a gift hearts are to be earned...”
“Start first and increase your lead.”
“A star is extinguished, another will begin to shine - thus it is written in the Book of Nature”
“Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.”
“Dance on, dance on, we see, we see Youth goes, alack, and with it glee, A boy the old man ne'er can be; Maternal thirty scarce can find The sweet sixteen long left behind.”
“One thing I learned in '97, when I thought the right time to found a company was during a swing-up, is that it's much better to start during an economic downturn. Partnerships are easier; hiring is easier; and the competition starts later.”

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