All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr

See obstacles as opportunities, Reinhold. See obstacles as inspirations.

“You misunderstand us, monsieur. You have seen everything we can show you.” “I will wait to see what you cannot show me.”

Sometimes the eye of a hurricane is the safest place to be.

They just say words, and what are words but sounds these men shape out of breath, weightless vapors they send into the air of the kitchen to dissipate and die.