Literature and Writing Quotes in Everything Is Illuminated

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

"What good is all of that love doing on paper?" (29.3)

Grandfather says this to Herschel, who is a poet. You could raise the same question with Jonathan. His story-within-a-story is a love story of a different kind. Does fiction actually accomplish anything, or should we all be reading textbooks to learn about the Holocaust? (Was that a leading question?)