Earthquake

[two weeks after a major earthquake in San Francisco]
I said to Beth, on the phone, that from now on, when people asked if I live in fear having a child in Israel, I would say “not any more than I fear for my children in California.” … Though I think they were shaken and sobered by what they experienced, I hesitate to believe they’ll move. People get attached to San Francisco, almost as mystically as they get attached to Israel. I don’t expect them to be pushed away by an earthquake, anymore than I expect you [Lisa] to return because of hardship or danger.