“ Word has it . . . the stone is from Japan, it's very ancient, it belonged to a shogun in the eleventh century. - a taxidermist Anthony Doerr
“ The Sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the globe . . . The sea is only a receptacle for all the prodigious, super-natural things that exist inside it. It is only movement and love; it is the… Anthony Doerr
“ Lately the commandant speaks more and more intimately of the führer and the latest thing- prayers, petroleum, loyalty- that he requires. The führer requires trustworthiness, electricity, boot leather.… Anthony Doerr
“ What i want to write about is the sea...It is my favorite thing, i think that i ever seen. Sometimes i catch myself staring at it and forget my duties. It seems big enough to contain everything anyone… Anthony Doerr
“ Did time move forward, through people, or did people move through it, like clouds across the sky? Anthony Doerr
“ Posters go up in the market, on tree trunks in the Place Chateaubriand. Voluntary surrender of firearms. Anyone who does not cooperate will be shot. Anthony Doerr
