I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I ever simply estimate it.

What do you want to kiss me for? I'm filthy.'- Liesel So am I.'- Rudy

When her hands reached out and poured the tea, it was as if she also poured something into me while I sat there sweating in my cab. It was like she held a string and pulled on it just slightly to open me up. She got in, put a piece of herself inside me, and left again.

When I find research really rewarding is when one piece of information gives you an idea for a story. That's when it's great.

The Germans in basements were pitiable, surely, but at least they had a chance. That basement was not a washroom. They were not sent there for a shower. For those people, life was still achievable.

Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness. (p.36)

I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I ever simply estimate it.