“Soldiers are issued armour for their flesh and bones, but they must fashion their own for their souls. Piece by piece. (Itkovian)”
“When you move so quickly from innocence to a world of fear, pain and loss, it's as if the flesh of your heart and mind gets cut away, piece by piece, like slices taken off a ham. Finally, there is nothing left but bone.”
“and that braw lad,...is the finest piece of man flesh in these parts.”
“I have friends who have children, and they have told me how remarkable it is to have a new life that is a piece of your own flesh anf blood. But I --""I realized that I didn't love her because she was a piece of me, I loved her because she was a piece of you.”
“Giving someone a piece of your soul is better than giving a piece of your heart. Because souls are eternal.”
“Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting.”