Quote by Helene Wecker

“Oh, nothing. Only you really did help them, you know.” “Who?” “All the men who’ve come through this House. You helped them find their…

— Helene Wecker

“After that, the Jinni was rarely without tobacco and rolling papers. He appreciated the taste of the tobacco, and the warmth of the smoke…

— Helene Wecker

“These were the world’s first people. Everything they did, every action and decision, was entirely new, without precedent. They had no larger society to…

— Helene Wecker

“A man might desire something for a moment, while a larger part of him rejects it. You'll need to learn to judge people by…

— Helene Wecker

“I trust you above all others", he told her. "Above myself". She shook her head, but then leaned into him, as though taking shelter.…

— Helene Wecker

“On a cloudless night, ink dark, with only a rind of a moon above, the Golem and the Jinni went walking together”

— Helene Wecker

“The human body is like a piece of fabric. No matter how well one cares for it, it frays as it ages.”

— Helene Wecker

“...A mule kicked him in the head." She paused, and then said, "I always wondered if he provoked it. Deliberately." Radzin snorted. "Suicide by…

— Helene Wecker

“Now that the book is out in the world, I’m amazed all over again at what my friend did for me in prompting me…

— Helene Wecker

“As always, Arbeely’s heart squeezed at the sight of her, a not unpleasant ache, as if to say, Ah well. Like many of the…

— Helene Wecker

“A good healer can’t pick and choose. If he can help, then he must.”

— Helene Wecker

“It occurred to him to say the viddui, the prayer before death. He struggled to remember it. Blessed are You, who has bestowed me…

— Helene Wecker