Unorthodox Quotes: Unorthodox tells the story of a young woman who wants to start a new life for herself. Forced into an arranged marriage, a young woman decides to run away from her dreams. Trying to escape from both this marriage and the religious community, the woman settles in Berlin to start a new life for herself.
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Unorthodox Quotes
1. “Can anyone survive without faith, however it is labeled? No matter how you live your life, it seems, you need faith to get by, to get ahead.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
2. “I cannot be one of those girls who fritters away her entire life in this small, stifling square of tenements, when there is an entire world out there waiting to be explored. I don’t know how, but maybe my escape will be accomplished in small, steady steps, like Francie’s. Maybe it will take years. But I know, with great certainty, that it will be.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
3. “I feel so extraordinarily happy and free when I read that I’m convinced it could make everything else in my life bearable.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
4. “Subconsciously, I have started to say goodbye to the people and objects in my life as if preparing to die, even though I have no real plan. I just feel strongly, in my gut, that I’m not meant to stay here.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
5. “Why did I decide to speak up? Someone had to do it, and it turned out to be me.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
6. “Already I have grown too big to fit back into my old world.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
7. “I resolve to venture into the city on my own. I look at maps in the library—subway maps, bus maps, and regular maps—and try to memorize them. I’m afraid of getting lost; no, I’m afraid of sinking into the city as in a quicksand, afraid of getting sucked into something I can never escape.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
8. “For a woman of such intelligence and wit, surely it is beneath her dignity to parade herself in front of the most distinguished of men, in hopes of a few morsels of attention.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
9. “I’d rather believe in reincarnation than hell. The idea of an afterlife is much so more tolerable when returning is an option.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
10. “Where is Esty, Telephone?!” ― Yakov “Yanky” Shapiro, Unorthodox
11. “I am convinced that my ability to feel deeply is what makes me extraordinary, and that is my ticket to Wonderland.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
12. “if you don’t come back, you’ll do it yourself.” ― Moishe Lefkovitch, Unorthodox
13. “I too want to be such a woman, who works her own miracles instead of waiting for God to perform them.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
14. “God expected too much of me. Now I need to find my own path.” ― Esther “Esty” Shapiro, Unorthodox
15. “If you are forced to confront your fears on a daily basis, they disintegrate, like illusions when viewed up close.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
16. “Bubby scoffs at my question. A Jew can never be a goy, she says, even if they try their hardest to become one. They may dress like one, speak like one, live like one, but Jewishness is something that can never be erased. Even Hitler knew that.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
17. “My husband was a drunk who could barely take care of himself, let alone his family. I didn’t see you people running to help.” ― Leah Mandlebaum, Unorthodox
18. “I’m different from the other girls.” ― Esther “Esty” Shapiro, Unorthodox
19. “The only thing of value one can achieve in this life is menuchas hanefesh, the deep, inner serenity that prevails even in the face of persecution.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
20. “As far as I can remember, I have always wanted everything from life, everything it can possibly give me. This desire separates me from people who are willing to settle for less. I cannot even comprehend how people’s desires can be small, ambitions narrow and limited, when the possibilities are endless” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
21. “Happiness has a way of playing hide-and-seek when you actively pursue it, but it often surprises you when you least expect it.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
22. “An empty vessel clangs the loudest.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
23. “Years later, even when I gazed at the world with eyes wide open, I would still be innocent in my heart.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
24. “I communicate wordlessly with the burblings in my womb. I don’t want to bring you into a world where silence is a cover for the worst crimes, I tell him. Not if I can’t protect you from it. I won’t keep quiet forever, baby, I promise. One day I will open my mouth and I will never shut it again.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
25. “What brand of self-pride is the consciousness that Zeidy has, that he can dress like a pauper and still command respect?” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
26. “That wouldn’t explain my womb’s failure to open its doors at that very loud and persistent knock. My strange, rebellious womb, that doesn’t want guests.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
27. “But truthfully, all those assurances are in the mind, and if my mind cannot be tied down, if my dreams cannot be diminished, then no amount of restraints can really guarantee my quiet submission” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
28. “People want to know if I’ve found happiness, but what I’ve found is better: authenticity. I’m finally free to be myself, and that feels good. If anyone ever tries to tell you to be something you’re not, I hope you too can find the courage to speak up in protest.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
29. “I feel so extraordinarily happy and free when I read that I’m convinced it could make everything else in my life bearable, if only I could have books all the time.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
30. “Until the stifling heat of summer sets in, my neighborhood is suspended in momentary perfection, a fantasy filled with swirling gusts of pink and white petals that rain down on the sunlit pavement.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
31. “Can anyone survive without faith, however its labeled? No matter how you live, it seems, you need faith to get by, to get ahead.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
32. “If my mind cannot be tied down, if my dreams cannot be diminished, then no amount of restraints can really guarantee my quiet submission.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
33. “The books he claims are treacherous serpents have become my close friends.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
34. “I can’t bear the thought of living an entire lifetime on this planet and not getting to do all the things I dream of doing, simply because they aren’t allowed. I don’t think it will ever be enough, this version of freedom, until it is all-inclusive. I don’t think I can be happy unless I’m truly independent.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
35. “I can be different too.” ― Yakov “Yanky” Shapiro, Unorthodox
36. “I still identify as Jewish, because it’s my cultural heritage, but I don’t derive any spiritual nourishment from Judaism.” ― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox
37. “When we forget who we are, we invite God’s wrath…now, we accept who we are.” ― Zeidy, Unorthodox
38. “I don’t know anything about women. If I could touch you, what would you like?” ― Yakov “Yanky” Shapiro, Unorthodox
39. “I thought the ham would make me sick. it didn’t.” ― Esther “Esty” Shapiro, Unorthodox
40. “You went all the way to Europe and all you saw were graves?” ― Esther “Esty” Shapiro, Unorthodox
