I was five years old when I wrote my first song. It was out of longing for my father that I wrote it.
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At the age of nineteen and a half, I went to the Land of Israel to till its soil and live by the labour of my hands. As I did not find work, I sought my livelihood elsewhere.Shmuel Y. Agnon
Not every man remembers the name of the cow which supplied him with each drop of milk he has drunk.
Shmuel Y. Agnon
The beginnings of my studies also came to me from my father, as well as from the Rabbinical Judge of our town. But they were preceded by three tutors under whom I studied, one after the other, from the time I was three and a half till I turned eight and a half.
Shmuel Y. Agnon
I have also written a book about the Giving of the Torah, and a book on the Days of Awe, and a book on the books of Israel that have been written since the day the Torah was given to Israel.
Shmuel Y. Agnon
After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem.
Shmuel Y. Agnon
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