“I had observed people whose identity crises around race seemed analogous to other people's identity crises around gender.” Quote by Jess Row
“For me, there's a very clear parallel between the practice of insight in Buddhism and what's called prajna - the insight that arrives through meditation.” PracticeClearMeditationBuddhismInsightParallels Author:Jess Row
“Prajna is insight into the world. And a lot of that insight has to do with karma and the way karma affects our lives.” WorldWayOur LivesInsightKarma Author:Jess Row
“Narrative stories are nothing but models of karma and causality - how one thing leads to another. And a lot of narrative fiction is about causality that we don't immediately understand.” StoriesFictionOne ThingModelsKarmaNarrativeCausality Author:Jess Row
“Hong Kong has been the place where the memory of Tiananmen Square lives on; Hong Kong people have become more and more committed in their resistance to authoritarian government, and also, not surprisingly, committed to safeguarding their culture and heritage as something distinct and worth preserving.” PeopleHas BeensGovernmentCultureMemoriesCommittedResistanceSquaresHeritageHong KongSafeguardingAuthoritarian GovernmentTiananmen Square Author:Jess Row
“I was born at six months, and I weighed 900 grams [less than two pounds]. I have a very heroic birth story.” TwoStoriesBornMonthsBirthSixPoundsHeroicSix Months Author:Etgar Keret
“For my mother, having a family was the most important thing in her life. In the Second World War, it was a challenge - surviving physically and mentally and finding somebody who you loved and who was willing to be with you.” WorldImportantWarMotherChallengesWillingFindingsImportant ThingsWar Of The WorldsWorld War ISurvivingSecond World War Author:Etgar Keret
“Etgar means "challenge." And my family name is Keret, which means "urban." So my name is "urban challenge." My joke is, it's a good description of a birth but a strange name for a human being.” HumansMeanNamesChallengesHuman BeingsStrangeBirthJokesMy FamilyDescriptionUrbanFamily Name Author:Etgar Keret
“In my stories I can kiss the girls I want to kiss and punch the girls I want to punch. Nobody pays a price for it.” WantI CanStoriesGirlPayKissing Author:Etgar Keret
“When I was a kid, I wanted to make my parents happy. I'd always say to them, "What do you want me to do? Do sports? Be rich? Be funny?" My mother would say, "Whatever we want from you, you already gave us - we wanted you to be alive, and you made it."” WantMadeKidsWantedMotherSportsParentRichAliveMade ItWant MeYou Want MeDo You Want Me Author:Etgar Keret
“I think the typical way is that usually Holocaust survivors are known to be very quiet and full of anxiety, many of them don't like life, don't trust people. But my parents were children during the Holocaust. And my father was very optimistic.” PeopleThinkingWayChildrenFatherParentKnownQuietAnxietyOptimisticSurvivorHolocaustTypicalDon't TrustHolocaust SurvivorDon't Trust People Author:Etgar Keret