Michael Chabon Quote

Men tend to cry, in Landsman's experience, when they have been living for a long time with a sense of rightness and safety, and then they realize that all along just, under their boot, lay the abyss. This is part of the policeman's job, to jerk back the pretty carpet that covers over the deep jagged hole in the floor.


Chapter 11 - The Yiddish Policemen's Union (2007)


Men tend to cry, in Landsman's experience, when they have been living for a long time with a sense of rightness and safety, and then they realize...

Men tend to cry, in Landsman's experience, when they have been living for a long time with a sense of rightness and safety, and then they realize...

Men tend to cry, in Landsman's experience, when they have been living for a long time with a sense of rightness and safety, and then they realize...

Men tend to cry, in Landsman's experience, when they have been living for a long time with a sense of rightness and safety, and then they realize...