Erik Larson

Whenever I finish a book, I start with a blank slate and never have ideas lined up. ↗

— Erik Larson

#blank slate #book #finish #i #ideas

We, of course, have the power of hindsight in our arsenal, but people living in Berlin in that era didn't. What would that have been like as this darkness fell over Germany? ↗

— Erik Larson

#been #berlin #course #darkness #era

I like all kinds of music, though I tend to prefer jazz and classics. ↗

— Erik Larson

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I pride myself on having a journalistic remove. ↗

— Erik Larson

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I started reading the big histories and the small histories, the memoirs and so forth. At some point, I found the diary of William E. Dodd. ↗

— Erik Larson

#diary #forth #found #histories #i

I thought I'd go to a bookstore and see what moved me. ↗

— Erik Larson

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I was never concretely aware of the extent of anti-Semitism in the United States and in the upper levels of the State Department. ↗

— Erik Larson

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I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so. ↗

— Erik Larson

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