“Intermarriage is one of the most provocative words in the English language”

“You will only be remembered for two things: the problems you solve, or the ones you create.”

“What irritated her most was that they kept brushing off her arguments with patronizing smiles, making her feel like a teenager being quizzed on her homework. Without actually uttering a single inappropriate word, they displayed towards her an attitude that was so antediluvian it was almost comical. You shouldn't worry your pretty head over complex matters, little girl.”

“Isn't it fascinating that Nazis always manage to adopt the word freedom?”

“Nobody can avoid falling in love. They might want to deny it, but friendship is probably the most common form of love.”

“She wondered what she thought of herself, and came to the realization that she felt mostly indifference towards her entire life.”

“Being a homicide detective can be the loneliest job in the world. The friends of the victim are upset and in despair, but sooner or later - after weeks or months - they go back to their everyday lives. For the closest family it takes longer, but for the most part, to some degree, they too get over the grieving and despair. Life has to go on; it does go on. But the unsolved murders keep gnawing away and in the end there's only one person left who thinks night and day about the victim: it's the office who is left with the investigation.”