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Cynthia Ozick is an accomplished American writer, born on April 17, 1928. Her works are renowned for their profound thoughtfulness and unique literary style, often focusing on moral and philosophical issues.

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Famous Cynthia Ozick Quotes

“Certainly I favor tradition; I am aware that ancestral decorum ought not to be scorned. The aberrant is to be shunned. Life’s fundamental rhythms depend on sameness, not deviation. All this I long ago learned from my mother.”

Life Values Change Society Tradition Ritual Deviation Norms Conservativism

Book:Antiquities

Source: Antiquities

“She thought: How hard it is to change one’s life. And again she thought: How terrifyingly simple to change the lives of others.”

Life Change Destiny Control

Book:Foreign Bodies

Source: Foreign Bodies

“Life is that which - pressingly, persistently, unfailingly, imperially - interrupts.”

Life Life Is

Book:The Messiah of Stockholm: a novel

Source: The Messiah of Stockholm: a novel

About the Author

Born: April 17, 1928
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 101

Books & Sources

Art & ardor: essaysRelated source material

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A Cynthia Ozick readerRelated source material

The Messiah of Stockholm: a novelRelated source material

Art and ArdorRelated source material

The Messiah of StockholmRelated source material

AntiquitiesRelated source material

Foreign BodiesRelated source material

Portrait of the Artist as a Bad Character: And Other Essays on WritingRelated source material

The Din in the HeadRelated source material

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