“It was said with humor, but the criticism wasn't lost on Gamache. He was fishing, and he knew it. So did Sommes. So did Esther. We're all fishermen, she'd said.”
“All right," he said. "Since you ask so nicely.""I wasn't asking.""I'm aware of that. The sharp point in my back did make it clear.”
“He said we're all going to die,' 'And what did you say?' 'I said that's why i'm here”
“All you did was sit there, he said. Why are you so tired?I sat very diligently, she said.”
“Gertrude Stein did us the most harm when she said, 'You're all a lost generation.' That got around to certain people and we all said, 'Whee! We're lost.”
“He thought, or said, or sang, I did not know that I was so empty, to be so full.”