"For only the good doubt their own goodness, which is what makes them good in the first place. The bad know they are g…"

"Every time my nose gushed blood, I felt like a little boy who'd wet his pants. I jumped out of the chair, pressed a h…"

"April 1945. My unit was in Germany, and we were the ones who liberated Dachau. Thirty thousands breathing skeletons. …"

"[G]overnments always need enemies, even when they're not at war. If you don't have a real enemy, you make one up and …"

"The story is not in the words; it's in the struggle."

"Men don't begin to live fully until their backs are against the wall."

"That's what makes his story so impossible, David. Because he's told me the truth. (Alma to David on Hector)"

"If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it fall, does it make a sound or not? Hector had read alot of books by…"

"I didn't say I was afraid of dying, I answered, I said that I was afraid to get on a plane. There is a difference. (D…"

""manche der schönsten Orte auf der Welt liegen auf dem Körper deiner Frau." Paul Auster: Winter Journal. Reinbek bei …"