“What is law? Is it what is on the books, or what is actually enacted and obeyed in a society? Or is law what must be enacted and obeyed, whether or not it is on the books, if things are to go right?”Bernhard Schlink book The ReaderSource: The Reader
“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
“Or is there no such thing as 'too late'? Is there only 'late' and is 'late' always better than 'never'? I don't know.”Bernhard Schlink book The ReaderSource: The Reader