All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr

Open your eyes, concludes the man, and see what you can with them before they close forever,

This, she realizes, is the basis of his fear, all fear. That a light you are powerless to stop will turn on you and usher a bullet to its mark.

Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.