Quotes from Peter Maas

Bosnia is known as the powder keg of Yugoslavia, which itself is known as the powder keg of the Balkans, which in turn is reputed to be the powder keg of Europe. I would like to lengthen the list a bit by noting that Slobodan Milosevic was the powder keg of Bosnia. He is also one of the most extraordinary men you could hope to meet in your lifetime, a Halley's Comet of dictators, appearing once or twice a century. p. 199

Sometimes, no matter how smart you are, you can't avoid getting tripped up.

Don't feel bad about it," the sergeant said. "You never know when it's the real thing." Afterward he reflected on how he had been alone on the street, and how they came at once, unquestioningly, thinking that he needed them, and the memory of that moment remained with him always, like the lost innocence of a child.