“A word of advice, my sweet Emmett - mourn the losses because they are many. But celebrate the victories because they are few.”
“I don't mourn the loss of my childhood; I mourn because everything, including (my) childhood, is lost.”
“The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.”
“Life doesn't offer many victories. It is wise to celebrate the few you manage to wring from its grasping hands”
“Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words. ”
“Eight hours West sat a man alone on a beach mourning an inexplicable loss. He could only think of his loss in little packets of grief at a time, because the whole thing was too great to be borne.”