“I remember, no matter how impossible it seemed that any given day would end, it always did. This one would, too.”

“I vowed after that day that I would be your hero too, no matter how long it took”

“The sun would still rise, the seasons would still come, life would continue. I was thankful to have been a part of it; I would take the memories and savor them for the life ahead. I had been given the components that would comprise the fate of my destiny; they had aged into my soul so that part of the past would always remain with me. They would be there for me to draw strength from on days in my future when death would seem a triumph and life too hard to live any more.”

“The boy Paco had never known about any of this nor about what all these people would be doing on the next day and on other days to come. He had no idea how they really lived nor how they ended. He did not even realize they ended.”

“It would seem no matter how progressive we get there are always those few who are backwards in their ways.”

“No matter how perfect the day is, it always has to end.”