“People who commit monstrous crimes are not necessarily monsters. If they were, things would be easy. But they aren't and it is one of the experiences of life.”Bernhard Schlink
“She was struggling, as she always had struggled, not to show what she could do but to hide what she couldn't do. A life made up of advances that were actually frantic retreats and victories that were concealed defeats.”Bernhard Schlink book The ReaderSource: The Reader
“I asked her about life, and it was as if she rummaged around in a dusty chest to get me the answers.”Bernhard Schlink book The ReaderSource: The Reader