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Her Favorite Works in Translation: The Brooklyn romantic who penned The History of Love shares her favorite "books in translation" in honor of her new globe-trotting novel, Great House.
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If you really think there's a Santa, why don't you sit on the front steps all night in the freezing cold and see if he climbs down any chimneys tonight. Good luck. And since we're a family that isn't lucky enough to have a chimney, how would Santa get into our house? Does he bring a locksmith with him? And it probably would have to be a Jewish locksmith, because a Christian locksmith is going to want to be home with his family. And how many Jewish locksmiths are there? None.
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― Lewis Black, I'm Dreaming of a Black Christmas
― Lewis Black, I'm Dreaming of a Black Christmas
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I was cursed with the pessimism of both the Russians and the Jews two of the gloomiest tribes in the world. Still if there wasn't greatness in me maybe I had the talent to recognize it in others even in the most irritating others.
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― David Benioff, City of Thieves
― David Benioff, City of Thieves
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