#isaac bashevis singer

[nesyanast]

“Yentl—you have the soul of a man.”

“So why was I born a woman?”

“Even Heaven makes mistakes.”

Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy by Isaac Bashevis Singer

[genterie]

@linaluvsbooks on instagram

[davidhudson]

Isaac Bashevis Singer, November 21, 1902 – July 24, 1991.

[measureyourlifeincake]

As of this moment, I am neither one nor the other.

Some art I did of Yentl/Anshel, nonbinary icon extraordinaire and one of my favorite characters I've ever played 💛🤍💜🖤

[dinonfissatoaffetto]

L’errore più grave che uno scrittore possa fare è presumere che l'epoca del godimento estetico sia finita e che gli artisti possano permettersi di annoiare il pubblico in nome di uno scopo superiore. Non esiste un paradiso che ripaghi i lettori annoiati. Nell’arte, come nel sesso, l’atto e il godimento vanno di pari passo. Se nella letteratura c’è una redenzione, deve essere immanente.

- Isaac B. Singer

[whosafraidofvirginiawoolf]

Time makes refuse of all things. No philosophy could alter that.

— The Family Moskat by Isaac Bashevis Singer, translated from Yiddish by AH Gross

[dabiconcordia]

"I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens."  Isaac Bashevis Singer

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

‘Every human character appears only once in the history of human beings. And so does every event of love.’

- Isaac Bashevis Singer, Love and Exile, 1936

[Ina deBree]

[keepcalmandwritefiction]

In all my writing I tell the story of my life, over and over again.

– Isaac Bashevis Singer

[podraje]

Some summer memories | August

[chez-mimich]

Meglio non aspettarsi risposte universalistiche ma lecito attendersi una risposta a che cosa serva la sua letteratura...

[nesyanast]

"They wanted to be kind to God and not to man; but what did God need of man and his favors? What does a father want from his children but that they should not do injustice to each other?"

The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer

[lascitasdelashoras]

Isaac Bashevis Singer

[travsd]

Upcoming in NYC: Yiddishkeit Abounding

Many lovers of vaudeville are also lovers of Yiddish theatre and culture, so I take the liberty of plugging these upcoming presentations by some friends and colleagues. This year, the first night of Channukah falls on Christmas. One would hope the convergence will inspire a spirit of generosity and shared humanity for a couple of days at least as a kind of fortification before the rending apart…

[zmkccommonplace]

Herman had often thought that one's true life was lived during sleep. Waking was no more than a marginal time assigned for doing things.

Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Letter Writer

[agora-bishoy]

“إني لأحسد أحيانًا النساء اللاتي مثلها، فهن يتجهن إلى هدفهن مباشرة، فقد اختارت رجلًا عجوزًا ثريًا يعشقها، لسوف يصنع لها كل شيء كي يجعلها مشهورة، في رأيي، هذه متاجرة بالشرف، فمنذ متى لم تبع النساء أنفسهن من أجل النقود؟ إذا حصلت الواحدة على زلوتين مقابل البيع فهي بغي، أما عندما يكون المقابل آلافًا عديدة وماسًا وفراءً فهي سيدة” اسحق باشيفيس سنجر | شوشا