“I never confused what I had with what I was.”

“I thought he had to look for what he was looking for, and realize it no longer existed, or never existed." p. 233”

“When I heard your organization was recording testimonies, I knew I had to come. She died in my arms, saying 'I don't want to die.' That is what death is like. It doesn't matter what uniforms the soldiers are wearing. It doesn't matter how good the weapons are. I thought if everyone could see what I saw, we would never have war anymore.”

“What if I never stop inventing?”

“She has become an expert at confusing what is with what was with what should be with what could be.”

“He shrugged his shoulders, like he had no idea what I was talking about. I loved that.”

“That is what death is like. It doesn't matter what uniforms the soldiers are wearing. It doesn't matter how good the weapons are. I thought if everyone could see what I saw, we would never have war anymore.”