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> [“We stand on the edge of the abyss, across whose unknowable face we paint meaning so as not to see into it. It is always there. But we’re here too, and we are no less real than the abyss. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovadya-ben-malka/we-stand-on-the-edge-of-the-abyss-across-whose-unknowable-face-we/)

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## More by Ovadya ben Malka

> [“We give to God of our strength, not our weakness. But we also say: “Da lifneh mi ata omed”—Know before whom you stand. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovadya-ben-malka/we-give-to-god-of-our-strength-not-our-weakness-but-we-also-say-da/)

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> [“Love is never worthless. Never believe that your love makes no difference. Even if you can’t see its impact, the impact is there, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovadya-ben-malka/love-is-never-worthless-never-believe-that-your-love-makes-no/)

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> [“The things I need to say can only be written furtively on scraps of smuggled paper, in moments of time stolen from the dead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovadya-ben-malka/the-things-i-need-to-say-can-only-be-written-furtively-on-scraps-of/)

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> [“It’s true that the hatred is still there. But it doesn’t change anything. Our obligations are the same—to live and sanctify all life with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovadya-ben-malka/it-s-true-that-the-hatred-is-still-there-but-it-doesn-t-change/)

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> [“The fact that good people can be forced to do wrong doesn’t make them less good. But it also doesn’t make the wrong less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovadya-ben-malka/the-fact-that-good-people-can-be-forced-to-do-wrong-doesn-t-make-them/)

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> [“We stand on the edge of the abyss, across whose unknowable face we paint meaning so as not to see into it. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovadya-ben-malka/we-stand-on-the-edge-of-the-abyss-across-whose-unknowable-face-we/)

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