Michael Benzehabe

Quotes

• “Pleading for forgiveness was always on the tip of her tongue. She had tried doing a good thing, but because of one thoug...”
• “In the privacy of her century-worn house she donned an old burka to stay warm. Years earlier, the ragged garment had bee...”
• “All the way, Zoe kept her chin up and pretended she wasn’t mortified, but his sour expression stayed with her. She wasn’...”
• “Zoe did what civilized people do when they freak out: she drank tea. She had walked from her little bungalow to Coffee &...”
• “She doesn’t shake hands.” Saul smiled at the reverend and shrugged. She had other odd behaviors. Saul never viewed her i...”
• “Some people want you to call them rabbi; some people want you to call them American; some people want you to admire thei...”
• “The dean put a finger to his chin as he studied this great and troubling mystery. The applicant’s response reeked of ins...”
• “Diplomacy is so weak and prosaic. Diplomacy must never become an end, itself. Facts are so much more important in scienc...”
• “Li, a willowy manboy with a shock of black hair atop a mouthful of bad teeth was the brother-in-law he had introduced to...”
• “Zoe leaned closer to Ruth, nearly nose to nose. “If they were made from better stuff, they would have pretended the faul...”