Book: dutch house

Taking care of your neighbor means taking care of those who need you, and not of those who amuse your vanity.

... If you think about the saints - with which of them were relatives happy?

It's amazing how much you can learn about another person just by showing interest in them.

The rest of the time I can devote to my grievances - or I can feel like the luckiest person in the world.

“Of course I did,” she said. - By the time we crossed the Brooklyn Bridge, that's for sure.

... When God wants to punish, then deprives the mind.

Emotions make little sense

It is impossible to guess what exactly will crash into memory.

Funny thing is habit. You may think you understand everything about her, but at the same time you will not know how you look from the outside until you are done with it.

Even the oldest grudges can be washed away.

“There are no small roles,” her mother said. - There are little mice.

... We met through children - at a certain point in life, people make new friends this way ...

Sometimes you need to leave the past in the past.

It is impossible to quit something without starting.