How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Today I am thirty, my trial will be reopened, the expected acquittal will force me back on my feet, riding trains, trams, exposed to those words: Better start running, the Black Cook's coming! Ha! Ha! Ha! (46.15)
In some ways, it's like time stops in the asylum. It makes Oskar feel just like he did when he used to hang out beneath his grandmother's skirts—safe and protected. If he gets out and back into the everyday world, he's much more at risk.