Geno

“As I have always said, it’s a disaster to discover the humanity of your enemy, his nobility, because then he is not your enemy anymore, he just can’t be.”
― Colum McCann, Apeirogon

“Rudi now rubbed his eyes, and it was as though he was shining them up, because when he turned, Lev could see them sparkling.”
― Rose Tremain, The Road Home: A Novel

“Koshy Saar’s response is indignant. “It’s fiction! Fiction is the great lie that tells the truth about how the world lives!”
― Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

“He was not interested in absolving the attackers, but he had to admit if he had been born under the same circumstances he would undoubtedly have become a fighter himself, maybe even the same sort of man who had murdered his son.”
― Colum McCann, Apeirogon