What’s The Thinker Thinking About?

I went outside again. I stood under the yellow trees, beside The Thinker. I leaned my elbow against the statue's base and waited. I remembered I had seen The Thinker in Paris once, a smaller version perched atop a sculpture of The Gates of Hell. In Paris, he brooded over churning scenes of the damned in their torments. Here in America, he just stared down at the ground, as if he were trying to decide whether to send out for pizza or head across the street for some Chinese.

This is from Andrew Klavan’s lead character in Empire of Lies. An otherwise forgettable book—but what a great quote. That may show up in a sermon down the line….