Nobody’s Fool (Detective Sami Kierce #2)

by Harlan Coben

“Good rule of thumb: Whenever you see a person—rich, poor, young, old, tall, short, whatever—remember one thing: That person has hopes and dreams.”

Everyone has hopes and dreams, I thought, which also means that everyone has a backstory. Every human you meet is a novel different from every other.

There is an old expression: A parent is only as happy as their saddest child.”

“Earth is 4.6 billion years old, Sami. If you scale that down to forty-six years, do you know how long human beings have been here?” “No.” “Guess. It’s important. How long out of those forty-six years have humans roamed the earth?” “Twenty years?” “Less.” “Ten years.” He smiles and shakes his head. “Four hours. Out of forty-six years, we humans have been on this planet for a mere four hours. The industrial revolution started a minute ago. Yet we humans believe God created all this just for us.”