In our darkest moments, Aristotle had said, we must focus to see the light.
One of the things I try to do is to add seasoning to my work. Nonfiction can be informative but stale; a meal of bread and water. I try to season with a quote here or there from a philosopher, thinker, or writer. In Into the Lion’s Mouth, I used “Pascal’s Wager” for a cliffhanger. In the end notes of CODE NAME: LISE you will find one of the most moving poems ever written: Bonhoeffer’s famous “Who Am I,” which he wrote about that same time that Odette was at Ravensbruck. I’ve quoted Hemingway in both books.
But this quote from Aristotle seemed so appropriate because of Odette’s childhood blindness, and then time in the Ravensbruck bunker.
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