"Fiddler on the Roof" Quotes
A Jewish milkman in Tsarist Russia struggles with changing traditions and his daughters' desire for love and independence.
plays | 160 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But in our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof, trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune without breaking his neck.
If I try and bend that far, I'll break.
I know, I know. We are the Chosen People. But, once in a while, can't you choose someone else?
Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as... as a fiddler on the roof!
As the good book says, 'Heal us, O Lord, and we shall be healed. In other words, send us the cure, but in the meantime, help us be patient.'
Money is the world's curse.
A bird may love a fish, but where would they build a home together?
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, and soon the whole world will be blind and toothless.
God alone knows when we shall live and when we shall die and who shall live and who shall die.
May the Lord smite me with it. And may I never recover.
