Nissim Ezekiel Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“The saint, we are told, once lived a life of sin - nothing spectacular, of course, just the usual things.”
-- Nissim EzekielSource : Nissim Ezekiel (1976). “Hymns in darkness”
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“My mother only said: Thank God the scorpion picked on me and spared my children.”
-- Nissim EzekielSource : Nissim Ezekiel (1966). “Poetry India”
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Source : "Ştiinţa antisemitismului ("The Science of Anti-Semitism")". "Apararea Nationala" ("The National Defense") No. 16, Nov. 15, 1922.
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“As to religion a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in god and hate a saint.”
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“Whether the charmer sinner it, or saint it, If folly grow romantic, I must paint it.”
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“Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion.”
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