Brother David

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“Before I knew that I was Jewish or a girl I knew that I was a member of the working class. At a time when I had not yet grasped the significance of the fact that in my house English was a second language, or that I wore dresses while my brother wore pants, I knew—and I knew it was important to know—that Papa worked hard all day long.”
—Vivian Gornick (b. 1935)

“I trust that some may be as near and dear to Buddha, or Christ, or Swedenborg, who are without the pale of their churches.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)