Katherine Banner. House on the edge of the night (№ 463481)

Returning home on a cloudy morning to his next temporary home, he washed his hands, poured himself coffee, opened the windows towards the cheerful hubbub of people and began to copy out stories in his little red book. He did this no matter what fate befell his patient, and always solemnly. In this sense, his book became a collection of celebrations of a thousand other lives.