“Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or by the handle.”

“Our past is the forge upon which we are hardened and tempered, to prepare us for the present. We are like a fine blade that must be hammered into shape before it can be ready to make its finest cuts.”

“God made the world like a knife. We have the choice to take it by the handle or the blade.”

“THEM AND US For them it was the 6 o'clock news. For us it was reality. They called for pizza. We called for medevacs. Their passion was success. Our passion was survival. They learned of life. We learned of death. They served dinner. We served our coutry. They can forget. We cannot.”

“Children are knives, my mother once said. They don’t mean to, but they cut. And yet we cling to them, don’t we, we clasp them until the blood flows.”

“There are accounts that, if we open our hearts to them, will cut us too deeply. ”