I deeply respect literature and expect to gain ins... -A. B. Yehoshua

I deeply respect literature and expect to gain insight from a book and to identify emotionally with its characters. I therefore avoid reading suspense novels or science fiction.

A. B. Yehoshua , Novelist
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A. B. Yehoshua is a highly regarded novelist known for his literary works that explore complex themes such as identity, history, and culture. Through his compelling storytelling and rich character development, Yehoshua has made significant contributions to contemporary Israeli literature and garnered international acclaim for his thought-provoking narratives.

A. B. Yehoshua Quotes to Explore

I deeply respect literature and expect to gain insight from a book and to identify emotionally with its characters. I therefore avoid reading suspense...
The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning....
Jews outside Israel live in permanent contradiction. I think they should come home....
Intimate relationships are a gold mine for literature to explore, to understand, to describe....
We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed ...
Traveling is one expression of the desire to cross boundaries....
So with truth - there is a certain moment when one can say, this is the truth and here I put a dot, a stop, and I go to another thing. A judge has to ...
One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are ...
I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples....
The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is k...

Science Quotes to Explore

Science is an enterprise that should be cherished as an activity of the free human mind. Because it transforms who we are, how we live, and it gives u...
It's actually the minority of religious people who rejects science or feel threatened by it or want to sort of undo or restrict the... where science c...
The center line of science literacy - which not many people tell you, but I feel this strongly, and I will go to my grave making this point - is how y...
The more science I studied, the more I saw that physics becomes metaphysics and numbers become imaginary numbers. The farther you go into science, the...
Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful....
The scientist is also a composer... You could think of science as discovering one particular thing - a supernova or whatever. You could also think of ...
I think people are realizing that engineering and science are extremely good degrees to get and you'll be very highly paid once you've got them....
If spiritual science is to do the same for spirit that natural science has done for nature, it must investigate quite differently from the latter. It ...
Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic....
Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty of a nation first to encourage the creation of wealth; and second...