Humans are divided between those who can still look through the eyes of youth and those who cannot.
Dave EggersSuffering is only suffering if itโs done in silence, in solitude. Pain experienced in public, in view of loving millions, was no longer pain. It was communion.
Dave EggersMaybe he hadn't thought the war through. It had seemed like simple fun when he had first pictured it, with a glorious beginning, a difficult but valor-filled middle, and a victorious end. He hadn't accounted for the fact that there might not be much of a resolution to the battle, and he hadn't imagined what it would feel like when the war just sort of ended, without anyone admitting defeat and congratulating him for his bravery.
Dave Eggers