From the handful of occasions on which I interacted with Wiesel, I recall the eagerness and warmth with which he endeavored to put the company at ease, as if he were a celebrity forever loyal to the precocious, shy small town boy he once was. (firstthings.com)
«Boy Meets Girl» (on DVD and streaming), a coming - of - age movie about a young transgender woman in a small town (nytimes.com)
William Martin, author of the biography Prophet with Honour writes «He has walked with kings and princes and received unprecedented media attention for over four decades, but he still strikes us as something of a small town boy, astonished that anyone should think of him as someone special.» (premierchristianity.com)