A Jap's a Jap. There is no way to determine their loyalty. . . This coast is too vulnerable. No Jap should come back to this coast except on a permit from my office.
When I began to write our story down, I thought I was writing a record of hate, but somehow the hate has got mislaid and all I know is that in spite of her mistakes and her unreliability, she was better than most. It's just as well that one of us should believe in her: she never did in herself.