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Fradl Shtok
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“They played some sad melody that drifted in through the window keeping people awake half the night. Some sadness would then grip the heart so you wouldn't know what it was you wanted.”
Fradl Shtok (1887–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Veil" translated from Yiddish in Found Treasures: Stories by Yiddish Women Writers (1994)
“So what, a young boychik is better? Playing cards and wasting his time dencing. At least a stable man... So what if he's a little stingy. Vell, a person's got to have some kind of defect." ("Sisters")”
Fradl Shtok (1887–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Gosi, on the other hand, was always a silent type, taciturn, stubborn. And while nobody blamed her, she didn't want to go to parties, always staying quietly at home, obstinately waiting for something. ("Sisters")”
Fradl Shtok (1887–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Annie is an ignorant girl, who can barely sign her name. But even she can feel the music in her head. ("A Cut")”
Fradl Shtok (1887–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One must be stubborn to achieve one's goals, to be nobody's fool. ("A Cut")”
Fradl Shtok (1887–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“His laughter is meant to hide the greed that has begun to glint in his eyes. ("A Fur Salesman")”
Fradl Shtok (1887–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“the silence stood like an iron wall, unyielding; it lay upon them like a heap of stones. ("The First Patient")”
Fradl Shtok (1887–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Just in the past two days the cherry trees had become a riot of blossoms. ("In the Village")”
Fradl Shtok (1887–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She took a quick, furtive look at him and felt her heart blushing. ("The Daredevil")”
Fradl Shtok (1887–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The town was in an uproar for some time after the news that Gitman, the Talmud teacher, was a freethinker. Imagine, if they hadn't realized it in time he might have converted the whole town. (first lines of "A Glass")”
Fradl Shtok (1887–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All this talk agitated Nessi. It seemed to her as though they were taking something holy and defiling it. Her train, her happiness. ("The First Train")”
Fradl Shtok (1887–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hungry, she'd run to the cemetery and undam a river of tears.”
Fradl Shtok (1887–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Esther was indeed a friend, but a friend is not as deeply rooted in one's heart as one's misery, as one's grief.”
Fradl Shtok (1887–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People said: Sheyndl is right as the world. And so decent. But she: inside her heart cried. Every time she looked at her shaytele with the bangs in front, her heart would twinge. . .her head was already bound.”
Fradl Shtok (1887–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Old age brings a person troubles. Troubles make a person-make her old and gray before her time. Already little by little and thirty years old.”
Fradl Shtok (1887–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source