Deborah Feldman Quotes

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If my mind cannot be tied down, if my dreams cannot be diminished, then no amount of restraints can really guarantee my quiet submission.

Deborah Feldman

Some people simply use their faith as a lexicon of behavioral reasoning; without that they would be forced to face their own moral and ethical failings honestly according to a secular code of right and wrong.

Deborah Feldman

I'd rather believe in reincarnation than hell. The idea of an afterlife is much so more tolerable when returning is an option.

Deborah Feldman

I am hungry for power, but not to lord over others; only to own myself.

Deborah Feldman

I can't bear the thought of living an entire lifetime on this planet and not getting to do all the things I dream of doing, simply because they aren't allowed. I don't think it will ever be enough, this version of freedom, until it is all-inclusive. I don't think I can be happy unless I'm truly independent.

Deborah Feldman

I resolve to venture into the city on my own. I look at maps in the library—subway maps, bus maps, and regular maps—and try to memorize them. I'm afraid of getting lost; no, I'm afraid of sinking into the city as in a quicksand, afraid of getting sucked into something I can never escape.

Deborah Feldman

Deborah Feldman

Deborah Feldman

Born: 1986 (age 40)

Bio: Deborah Feldman is an American writer currently based in Berlin, Germany. She is best known for her 2012 bestselling autobiography Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots.

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