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“Yes, I was just thinking.’ ‘About what?’ ‘About how a writer can make the most awful things…’ Brunetti didn’t want to say ‘beautiful’, but that was what he meant. ‘Can make them powerful,’ he chose instead. It wasn’t the same, but it was also true. She surprised him by saying, ‘I’ve never understood why you studied law.’ She picked up her coffee and took a sip. ‘I’m not sure I do either.’ ‘Do you regret it?’ He shook his head. ‘No, the law is beautiful. It’s like building a cathedral.’ ‘You’ve lost me,’ Paola said with a smile.” — Donna Leon
Yes, I was just thinking.’
‘About what?’
‘About how a writer can make the most awful things…’
Brunetti didn’t want to say ‘beautiful’, but that was what he meant. ‘Can make them powerful,’ he chose instead. It wasn’t the same, but it was also true.
She surprised him by saying, ‘I’ve never understood why you studied law.’ She picked up her coffee and took a sip.
‘I’m not sure I do either.’
‘Do you regret it?’
He shook his head. ‘No, the law is beautiful. It’s like building a cathedral.’
‘You’ve lost me,’ Paola said with a smile.