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title: "2 Desk Quotes By Erik Larson"
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> [My office is tiny. I think most people would be shocked if they came to my home and saw it. It is, in fact, the former makeup room of a gorgeous local TV newscaster. I keep a neat desk. Clutter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-larson/my-office-is-tiny-i-think-most-people-would-be-shocked-if-they-came/)

[Erik Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-larson/)

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> [The telephone call that forever changed the lives of the Dodd family of Chicago came at noon on Thursday, June 8, 1933, as William E. Dodd sat at his desk at the University of Chicago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-larson/the-telephone-call-that-forever-changed-the-lives-of-the-dodd-family/)

[Erik Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-larson/)

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## More by Erik Larson

> [I've heard from the movie marketplace that James Cameron did such a killer job with 'Titanic' that it's almost impossible to do anything better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-larson/i-ve-heard-from-the-movie-marketplace-that-james-cameron-did-such-a/)

[Erik Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-larson/)

> [As a rule, I am very skeptical of tying books to anniversaries. I don't think readers care. I also feel that it just about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-larson/as-a-rule-i-am-very-skeptical-of-tying-books-to-anniversaries-i-don-t/)

[Erik Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-larson/)

> [“look as if they had been plucked from the Palace of Versailles or a Jacobean mansion—that you were aboard a ship being propelled far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-larson/look-as-if-they-had-been-plucked-from-the-palace-of-versailles-or-a/)

[Erik Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-larson/)

> [That's what I love about history - nuance. I don't believe in unalloyed heroes. Everyone's got warts, and everyone's got a surprise side.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-larson/that-s-what-i-love-about-history-nuance-i-don-t-believe-in-unalloyed/)

[Erik Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-larson/)

> [“Holmes was charming and gracious, but something about him made Belknap uneasy. He could not have defined it. Indeed, for the next several decades…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-larson/holmes-was-charming-and-gracious-but-something-about-him-made-belknap/)

[Erik Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-larson/)

> [. . . why some men choose to fill their brief allotment of time engaging the impossible, others in the manufacture of sorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-larson/why-some-men-choose-to-fill-their-brief-allotment-of-time-engaging/)

[Erik Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-larson/)

> [“At present," he said, "I am responsible for conveying my associates to a place called Chicago. I understand it is somewhere in the hinterland.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-larson/at-present-he-said-i-am-responsible-for-conveying-my-associates-to-a/)

[Erik Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-larson/)

> [I knew from an online search that the Wisconsin State Historical Society, on the vast University of Wisconsin campus, held the papers of Sigrid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-larson/i-knew-from-an-online-search-that-the-wisconsin-state-historical/)

[Erik Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-larson/)

> [Dodd continued to hope that the murders would so outrage the German public that the regime would fall, but as the days passed he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-larson/dodd-continued-to-hope-that-the-murders-would-so-outrage-the-german/)

[Erik Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-larson/)

> [I envy other writers who claim to have a backlog of books they'd like to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-larson/i-envy-other-writers-who-claim-to-have-a-backlog-of-books-they-d-like/)

[Erik Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-larson/)

> [Trying to find ideas is the hardest part of my job. You'd think it would be the most fun. Just sitting around reading whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-larson/trying-to-find-ideas-is-the-hardest-part-of-my-job-you-d-think-it/)

[Erik Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-larson/)

> [“Her blind endorsement of Hitler’s regime first faded to a kind of sympathetic skepticism, but as summer approached,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-larson/her-blind-endorsement-of-hitler-s-regime-first-faded-to-a-kind-of/)

[Erik Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-larson/)

> [“Perhaps, Herr Ditzen, it is less important where one lives than how one lives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-larson/perhaps-herr-ditzen-it-is-less-important-where-one-lives-than-how-one/)

[Erik Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-larson/)

> [I figured, correctly, that Berlin in February was not a destination coveted by tourists. I found good airfares on Lufthansa, an airline I quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-larson/i-figured-correctly-that-berlin-in-february-was-not-a-destination/)

[Erik Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-larson/)

> [“It was truly a transitional moment: There he was, at the cusp of the twentieth century, using the telephone to send a telegram.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-larson/it-was-truly-a-transitional-moment-there-he-was-at-the-cusp-of-the/)

[Erik Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-larson/)

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