“Maybe the ultimate wound is the one that makes you miss the war you got it in.”

“Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary.”

“Women tend to act heroically within their own moral universe, regardless of whether anyone else knows about it - donating more kidneys to nonrelatives than men do, for example. Men, on the other ha...”

“Today's veterans often come home to find that, although they're willing to die for their country, they're not sure how to live for it.”

“An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain," one of the survivors wrote. "The equality of all men".”

“How do men act on a sinking ship? Do they hold each other? Do they pass around the whisky? Do they cry?”

“Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.”

“Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.”

“So its true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.”