“It always is harder to be left behind than to be the one to go...”
“So hard to die.' I don't doubt that it is, but it cannot be much harder than being left behind.”
“Death is harder on those who are left behind.”
“When boys and girls go out to play there is always someone left behind, and the boy who is left behind is no use to the girl who is left behind.”
“Sometimes it's easier to be the one who leaves than the one who is left behind.”
“Meriwether Lewis's last words were, 'I am not a coward, but I am so strong. So hard to die.' I don't doubt that it is, but it cannot be much harder than being left behind.”