Yankel Quotes
- The disgraced Usurer Yankel D took the baby girl home that evening... He made a bed of crumpled newspaper in a deep baking pan and… — Jonathan Safran Foer
- Every night before putting her to sleep, Yankel counts her ribs, as if one might have disappeared in the course of the day and become… — Jonathan Safran Foer
- Suddenly Yankel was overcome with a fear of dying, stronger than he felt when his parents passed of natural causes, stronger than when his only… — Jonathan Safran Foer
- She spent an afternoon staring at their front door. Waiting for someone? Yankel asked. What color is this? He stood very close to the door,… — Jonathan Safran Foer
- It was inevitable: Yankel fell in love with his never-wife. He would wake from sleep to miss the weight that never depressed the bed next… — Jonathan Safran Foer