Jewish Mother

Famous quotes containing the words jewish and/or mother:

“What was lost in the European cataclysm was not only the Jewish past—the whole life of a civilization—but also a major share of the Jewish future.... [ellipsis in source] It was not only the intellect of a people in its prime that was excised, but the treasure of a people in its potential.”
—Cynthia Ozick (b. 1928)

“Mole dog,
I wish your mother would wake you up
and you wouldn’t lie there like the Pietà
wearing your cross on your nose.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)