Mordecai Richler was a Canadian author known for his satirical and comedic writing style. He wrote numerous novels and essays, with one of his most famous works being "Solomon Gursky Was Here." The novel follows the lives of the Gursky family and their connections to the liquor smuggling industry in Canada.
A man without land is nobody.
Mordecai Richler – Solomon Gursky Was Here
Memory is pain trying to resurrect itself.
Mordecai Richler – Solomon Gursky Was Here
Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness.
Mordecai Richler – Solomon Gursky Was Here
In the end, we are all our own saviors.
Mordecai Richler – Solomon Gursky Was Here
Solitude can be a much-to-be-desired condition. Not as a steady diet, but at least as a break from the tensions of interpersonal relations.
Mordecai Richler – Solomon Gursky Was Here
To survive, to avenge, to flourish, that was the thing.
Mordecai Richler – Solomon Gursky Was Here
History is the sum total of the things they aren’t telling us.
Mordecai Richler – Solomon Gursky Was Here
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Mordecai Richler – Solomon Gursky Was Here
The world is full of abandoned meanings.
Mordecai Richler – Solomon Gursky Was Here
The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.
Mordecai Richler – Solomon Gursky Was Here