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“What do you say to those heading to Amsterdam? “Have a smooth ride.”

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“Stenciled on the wall were yellow and white daisies and the words: God Keeps His Promises. I closed my eyes, and tried to let those words seep into my soul. Do you? Do you keep them all? Daddy would say yes, God keeps them all, every single one. The ones He actually made and not the genie-in-a-bottle lies we wished were true.”

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“Amsterdam mesmerized me. The narrow houses that lined the canals, the centuries-old architecture, the squares throughout the city and the cafés all had a unique charm. There were many reasons to fall in love with the city.”

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“A notícia do martírio de Isaac de Castro Tartas abalara a comunidade portuguesa em Amsterdã. Isaac partira anos antes para o Recife, sob soberania neerlandesa, mas depois cometera o erro de ir para a Bahia, onde estavam os portugueses, e acabara nas mãos da Inquisição e extraditado para Lisboa. O seu triste fim na fogueira tinha sido igual ao de tantos outros.”

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“But such is the nature of the concept of tolerance. It evolves. Every generation puts its own limitations on it, and the clashes that define a given generation seem in many respects to be over the question of who and what that generation tolerates.”

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“The evolution of Polak's ideas had a great deal to do with the fact that he was a Jew. Like Jews elsewhere, those in Amsterdam kept a low profile; they were predominantly workers, and so they were attracted to the socialist program of fairness and decency. But they were deeply repelled by the idea of revolution. They knew from centuries of experience which group would become the scapegoat if things turned out badly. Polak read widely and while in England was influenced by the Fabian Society, which promoted a moderate path between socialism and capitalism. He cofounded the Dutch diamond worker's union (whose members were overwhelmingly Jewish) and became its chairman. From that perch he was able to put his ideas into practice. He wanted not only decent housing for workers but something more: beauty, a genuinely good life.”

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“the smell of canals and cigarette smoke, all the people sitting outside the cafés drinking beer, saying their r's and g's in a way I'd never learn. I missed the future. Obviously I knew even before this recurrence that I'd never grow old with Augustus Waters. But thinking about Lidewij and her boyfriend, I felt robbed. I would probably never again see the ocean from thirty thousand feet above, so far up you can't make out the waves or any boats, so that the ocean is a great and endless monolith. I could imagine it. I could remember it. But I couldn't see it again, and it occurred to me that the voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again. That is probably true even if you live to be ninety.”

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“Opinions differ on the question of whether a golden age is something you can experience while it's happening or whether it only comes into focus on reflection...no matter how grand and prosperous and momentous the time in which you are living may be, its grandeur is inevitably stained by the incessant drabness of the present.”

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“Never patronize your readers. That means don't talk down to them.”

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