Bloom He had always painted. He told me one winter evening over coffee at Ellen’s that, even when he was very young, he would create crude little portraits with watercolors. ...
For according to the trollish philosopher Plateau, "if you wants to understan' an enemy, you gotta walk a mile in his shoes. Den, if he's still your enemy, at least you're a mile away and he's got no shoes." — A Blink of the Screen by Terry Pratchett
