Charles Reznikoff, American poet

“The miracle, of course, was not that oil for the sacred light — in a little cruse — lasted as long as they say; but that the courage of the Maccabees lasted to this day: let that nourish my flickering spirit.” (From “Hanukkah” in “Meditations on the Fall and Winter Holidays”)

Aug. 31, 1894- Jan. 22,1976