To what extent does anybody control his destiny? Life is very much like falling of the edge of a cliff. You have complete freedom to make all the choices you want to take on your way down. My characters choose to yearn and not lose hope even when the odds are completely against them. It doesn't make the landing at the end of that fall any less painful but, somehow, it helps them keep a little dignity their bone broken body.
He misses the feeling of creating something out of something. That’s right — something out of something. Because something out of nothing is when you… - Etgar Keret
He misses the feeling of creating something out of something. That’s right — something out of something. Because something out of nothing is when you…
- Etgar Keret
According to Gur's theory of boredom, everything that happens in the world today is because of boredom: love, war, inventions, fake fireplaces - nine… - Etgar Keret
According to Gur's theory of boredom, everything that happens in the world today is because of boredom: love, war, inventions, fake fireplaces - nine…
If you want to learn how to be happy, you have to know what is sadness first. - Etgar Keret
If you want to learn how to be happy, you have to know what is sadness first.
If you scare somebody enough, they stop being rational. - Etgar Keret
If you scare somebody enough, they stop being rational.
It's kind of a reflex for me to ignore my own wishes and think about other people first. - Etgar Keret
It's kind of a reflex for me to ignore my own wishes and think about other people first.
The one who swallows cactuses with spines should not complain about hemorrhoids. - Etgar Keret
The one who swallows cactuses with spines should not complain about hemorrhoids.
My father - I once asked him what was his greatest achievement. He said his greatest achievement was that he fought in five wars in the infantry, alw… - Etgar Keret
My father - I once asked him what was his greatest achievement. He said his greatest achievement was that he fought in five wars in the infantry, alw…
You'll never know what's happening inside the heads of other people. - Etgar Keret
You'll never know what's happening inside the heads of other people.
Being ambivalent doesn't mean that you're a relevatist, that anything goes; it just means that you show the complexity of life. Life is always comple… - Etgar Keret
Being ambivalent doesn't mean that you're a relevatist, that anything goes; it just means that you show the complexity of life. Life is always comple…
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