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Tevye the Dairyman Religion Quotes

How we cite our quotes: Story Number.Paragraph

Quote #10

You don't argue with God or give Him advice on how to run the world. As He says, The heavens are mine and the earth is mine—which means He is the boss and we must obey him. What He says is said! (9.39)

Okay, well, we can kind of see the comfort in thinking that God is behind everything, when "everything" happens to be your family being ethnically cleansed.