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> [“In Hebrew, satan means an advocate of the alternative, the one who makes the arguments you don't know how to refute." Michelangelo looked to the old Jew, still grinning wickedly in the corner. "That satan is my best friend.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-gidwitz/in-hebrew-satan-means-an-advocate-of-the-alternative-the-one-who/)

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## More by Adam Gidwitz

> [There is a certain kind of pain that can change you. Even the strongest sword, when placed in a raging fire, will soften and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-gidwitz/there-is-a-certain-kind-of-pain-that-can-change-you-even-the/)

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> [“In Hebrew, satan means an advocate of the alternative, the one who makes the arguments you don't know how to refute." Michelangelo looked to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-gidwitz/in-hebrew-satan-means-an-advocate-of-the-alternative-the-one-who/)

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> [“Whoever destroys a single life destroys the whole world. And whoever saves a single life saves the whole world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-gidwitz/whoever-destroys-a-single-life-destroys-the-whole-world-and-whoever/)

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> [Home is where you can be yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-gidwitz/home-is-where-you-can-be-yourself/)

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> [“But Joringel had no chance to answer. For Jorinda ran at her brother and threw her arms around him and held him so tight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-gidwitz/but-joringel-had-no-chance-to-answer-for-jorinda-ran-at-her-brother/)

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> [“... They are to be stacked like logs, or thrown on a pyre, in the center of Paris,' Michelangelo explained. 'And they will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-gidwitz/they-are-to-be-stacked-like-logs-or-thrown-on-a-pyre-in-the-center-of/)

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> [The oven became hotter and hotter, and Hansel began to sweat. Then a delicious smell wafted to his nostrils. Oh no! he thought. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-gidwitz/the-oven-became-hotter-and-hotter-and-hansel-began-to-sweat-then-a/)

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> [“And I read something else," Jacob goes on. "There was this discussion of the story of Cain and Abel, from the Bible. After Cain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-gidwitz/and-i-read-something-else-jacob-goes-on-there-was-this-discussion-of/)

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> [“She looked up, over the bandage that was nestled under her chin, and saw that the big-belly man with the red beard was starting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-gidwitz/she-looked-up-over-the-bandage-that-was-nestled-under-her-chin-and/)

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> [“No matter how much wisdom is in a book, is it right to trade your life for it?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-gidwitz/no-matter-how-much-wisdom-is-in-a-book-is-it-right-to-trade-your-life/)

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> [“When you are very pretty, people tend to remark on your looks. They smile at you more easily. They are more permissive of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-gidwitz/when-you-are-very-pretty-people-tend-to-remark-on-your-looks-they/)

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> [“Don't bring your morality around me. Morals is for people who's already got food.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-gidwitz/don-t-bring-your-morality-around-me-morals-is-for-people-who-s/)

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> [“There is a wisdom in children, a kind of knowing, a kind of believing, that we, as adults, do not have. There is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-gidwitz/there-is-a-wisdom-in-children-a-kind-of-knowing-a-kind-of-believing/)

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> [“Maybe you know something about young people, and maybe you don't. I, having been one myself once upon a time, know a few things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-gidwitz/maybe-you-know-something-about-young-people-and-maybe-you-don-t-i/)

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> [There is this weird thing that happens, when you stop worrying so much about what other people think of you...you suddenly start seeing what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-gidwitz/there-is-this-weird-thing-that-happens-when-you-stop-worrying-so-much/)

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