"At the age of 16, something happened with my finger and the doctor told me, you never can be a organist or pianist, so think about what you do with music."

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There's this old saying that, if you aren't particularly gifted in natural sciences, if you don't want to become a teacher or pastor or doctor, and don't know what else to do, then you become a lawyer. But I've never regretted it.

— Bernhard Schlink