“How was one to answer these meaningless questions, really? ‘A fine day today, is it not, sir? How was your walk? I trust you are in good health this morning.’ He should tell them the day was terrible, he had witnessed a murder, and he’d walked to the moon, just to see what they would do.”

“How was one to answer these meaningless questions, really? ‘A fine day today, is it not, sir? How was your walk? I trust you are in good health this morning.’ He should tell them the day was terrible, he had witnessed a murder, and he’d walked to the moon, just to see what they would do.”

— Joanna Davidson Politano