In researching this volume, I interviewed veterans who had been at the front during World War II. I read countless books, examined film footage, and listened to many detailed and intense stories firsthand, but the one comment that affected me the most came from a former soldier who lowered his gaze to the tabletop and said, ‘I never watch war movies.

But even so, we're not devils, let alone gods. We're human. We're human!

A lesson without pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain something without sacrificing something in return.

Believe in yourself. Pick a path that you, deep down in your soul, won't be ashamed of.

Do you wanna play? Everyone's dead, so I got bored. Did you come to play with me? --Wrath

A lesson without pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain anything without sacrificing something else in return, but once you have overcome it and made it your own...you will gain an irreplaceable fullmetal heart.

And now, I'm thinking again, isn't there something we can do about something we can't do anything about?