the glass castle

"'erma can't let go of her misery,' mom said. 'it's all she knows.' she added that you should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. 'everyone has something good about them,' she said. 'you have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.'

'oh yeah?' i said. 'how about hitler? what was his redeeming quality?'

'hitler loved dogs,' mom said without hesitation."