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> [“Stop expecting more from us than we can possibly provide, and you'll stop being so disappointed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shalom-auslander/stop-expecting-more-from-us-than-we-can-possibly-provide-and-you-ll/)

[Shalom Auslander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shalom-auslander/)

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## More by Shalom Auslander

> [“Every Jew was the last Jew; Tevye the Terminal, every single one. Yet, Kugel couldn't help but observe, in all that time - no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shalom-auslander/every-jew-was-the-last-jew-tevye-the-terminal-every-single-one-yet/)

[Shalom Auslander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shalom-auslander/)

> [“I spent the best years of my life atoning for something I didn't do, something my parents didn't do, something done just about before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shalom-auslander/i-spent-the-best-years-of-my-life-atoning-for-something-i-didn-t-do/)

[Shalom Auslander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shalom-auslander/)

> [“The Kugels, Kugel hated to admit, might just have to, in the event of genocide, rely on the kindness of strangers. Mother used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shalom-auslander/the-kugels-kugel-hated-to-admit-might-just-have-to-in-the-event-of/)

[Shalom Auslander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shalom-auslander/)

> [Vans are the vehicles of murderers. Serial Killers. Rapists. Thieves. Nothing good ever happens in a van. Police should be allowed to arrest van…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shalom-auslander/vans-are-the-vehicles-of-murderers-serial-killers-rapists-thieves/)

[Shalom Auslander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shalom-auslander/)

> [Roads are no place for naive chickens dreaming of nirvana.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shalom-auslander/roads-are-no-place-for-naive-chickens-dreaming-of-nirvana/)

[Shalom Auslander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shalom-auslander/)

> [“I kind of like it up here, Kugel said. It's got a certain fatalistic charm, a certain je ne sais fucked.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shalom-auslander/i-kind-of-like-it-up-here-kugel-said-it-s-got-a-certain-fatalistic/)

[Shalom Auslander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shalom-auslander/)

> [“He could pull this off. He was sure of it. It would have been one thing to protect Anne Frank from the Nazis; he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shalom-auslander/he-could-pull-this-off-he-was-sure-of-it-it-would-have-been-one-thing/)

[Shalom Auslander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shalom-auslander/)

> [“He took the diary from Mother's hand and turned it over. The heartbreaking something, he read, of a tragic whatever.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shalom-auslander/he-took-the-diary-from-mother-s-hand-and-turned-it-over-the/)

[Shalom Auslander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shalom-auslander/)

> [Write something dangerous. Say something you shouldn’t. Blow something up. But well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shalom-auslander/write-something-dangerous-say-something-you-shouldn-t-blow-something/)

[Shalom Auslander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shalom-auslander/)

> [His intelligence only exacerbated the guilt Kugel felt for bringing him into the world. It was one thing to have condemned a child to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shalom-auslander/his-intelligence-only-exacerbated-the-guilt-kugel-felt-for-bringing/)

[Shalom Auslander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shalom-auslander/)

> [Kugel was a firm believer that death was not always a bad thing - that life often reached such levels of crapitude that dying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shalom-auslander/kugel-was-a-firm-believer-that-death-was-not-always-a-bad-thing-that/)

[Shalom Auslander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shalom-auslander/)

> [“There is hurt in this world. There is pain. Hoping there won't be only makes it worse.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shalom-auslander/there-is-hurt-in-this-world-there-is-pain-hoping-there-won-t-be-only/)

[Shalom Auslander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shalom-auslander/)

> [“… It was the knowing that there had been a happier time, a place of joy and peace and security, that made the sudden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shalom-auslander/it-was-the-knowing-that-there-had-been-a-happier-time-a-place-of-joy/)

[Shalom Auslander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shalom-auslander/)

> [...the greatest source of misery in the world, the greatest cause of anguish and hatred and sadness and death, was neither disease nor race…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shalom-auslander/the-greatest-source-of-misery-in-the-world-the-greatest-cause-of/)

[Shalom Auslander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shalom-auslander/)

> [“Remember your grandfather's last words, Jonah would tell his children: Life is nothing more than a little why.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shalom-auslander/remember-your-grandfather-s-last-words-jonah-would-tell-his-children/)

[Shalom Auslander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shalom-auslander/)

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