The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only when their tormentors suffer.

... character reigns preeminent in determining potential.

I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.

My work was entirely nonfiction.

I had been writing professionally since 1988

A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain. Louie thought: Let go.

...maybe it was better to break a man's leg than to break his heart.