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.
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2012) - ISBN: 9781439187029