And this is one of the major questions of our live... -A. B. Yehoshua

And this is one of the major questions of our lives: how we keep boundaries, what permission we have to cross boundaries, and how we do so.

A. B. Yehoshua , Novelist
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About Author

A. B. Yehoshua is a highly regarded novelist known for his literary works that explore complex themes such as identity, history, and culture. Through his compelling storytelling and rich character development, Yehoshua has made significant contributions to contemporary Israeli literature and garnered international acclaim for his thought-provoking narratives.

A. B. Yehoshua Quotes to Explore

I deeply respect literature and expect to gain insight from a book and to identify emotionally with its characters. I therefore avoid reading suspense...
The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning....
Jews outside Israel live in permanent contradiction. I think they should come home....
Intimate relationships are a gold mine for literature to explore, to understand, to describe....
We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed ...
Traveling is one expression of the desire to cross boundaries....
So with truth - there is a certain moment when one can say, this is the truth and here I put a dot, a stop, and I go to another thing. A judge has to ...
One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are ...
I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples....
The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is k...

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If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun....
To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal....
Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident....
To become 'unique,' the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination....
One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions....
Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been o...
No sanction can stand against ignited minds....
As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me....
Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities....
Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want....