Quotation
“What state are we in?” “Germany.” “That’s the country. It’s a federal system. There’s a clue where it says Bundesrepublik. It means it has states, like America. Only sixteen of them, not fifty, but the principle is the same.”
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His gaze was alternating between Reacher and his pal on the floor. Back and forth, like a metronome. Panic in his eyes.
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Reunification had been a strain. Economically, and socially. And mentally. He had watched it. Like living a comfortable life in a nice little house with your family. And then a whole bunch of relatives moves in. From someplace where they don’t really know how to use a knife and fork. Ignorant and stunted people. But German like you. As if a brother had been taken away at birth and locked in a closet. Then in his mid-forties he comes stumbling out again, pale and hunched and blinking. A tough situation to manage.
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“You need to take care. You keep on shaking that tree, all kinds of crap could fall out. Some of it could be heavy duty.”