David

“intelligent, an attribute Joseph was later”
― Taylor Caldwell, Captains and the Kings

“I remember that’s the way he was before we came out here. But then it was as if we’d come to a magic country where people changed into the person you wanted them to be, and all of a sudden my father became quiet and patient and had time to read to me.”
― Donna Leon, Earthly Remains

“The pompous son of a bitch knows everything—it's too bad he doesn't know anything else.”
― Philip Roth, The Plot Against America

“Maybe it was written on my face that I’d become aware of human complexity—that’s a kinder word than “deceit.”
― Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone