“Death Is only the easy way out if you are the one who dies.”

“But death doesn't scare me. To know exactly when I might expect it, up close and in my face, would actually be a comfort. Because to tell the truth, most of the time dying seems pretty much like my only means of escape.”

“Because to tell you the truth, most of the time dying seems pretty much like my only means of escape”

“Ask a soldier what he believes in. He'll tell you God. Country. The patient hands of death-- the ones he's wearing.”

“I'm sad. Pressed down by sorrow. I'm angry. Pissed at God, if there is one, and the way things are. I'm scared. Confused by the whys. Why are we here? Is there, really, some intelligent design? Why do we cry for someone who leaves us if there's some Grand Pearly Gate in the sky? Why worry about how we build our lives if the ultimate ending for all is death, a single breath away?”

“Not even Carol knows firsthand how it feels to be hurt in such a way by someone who's supposed to protect you”

“No one teaches you how to walk away from someone who you know loves you. NO one teaches you how to say good-bye.”