“To survive one tragedy was to learn you cannot survive them all, and this knowledge was both a freedom and a great loss.”

“After all, the girl actually had faith in something, which was more than most people had in these dark times. It was wrong to destroy it.”

“A story is a wondrous invention.”

“We adapt to our sorrows, I suppose, as unpleasant as they might be. One cannot weep forever. One simply runs dry of tears.”

“One's child is always one's child no matter what age they might be. You worry when your child makes a noise, when he doesn't. It's a terrible kind of love. Terrible.”

“False assurances were certainly more harmful than none at all.”

“God, there must be a meaning. Fiercely he was certain that there must be a meaning.Surely, while we live we are not lost.Oh Janos, Janos my brother!Surely we are not lost--while we live.”

“Mates such as they must stand by one another”

“I've got one thing to say: I killed a lot of germans, and I'm only sorry I didn't kill more.”

“Mother Nature is relentless and forward. When we do not live according to her laws she rewards us with disease.”

“In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life.”

“They are very good odds. And I know that my scientific brain believes them, if not my panic-ridden, maternal one. Those odds should have made a difference to my reaction. I should have been able to...”