...maybe it was better to break a man's leg than to break his heart.

Such beauty, he thought, was too perfect to have come about by mere chance. That day in the center of the Pacific was, to him, a gift crafted deliberately, compassionately, for him and Phil. Joyful and grateful in the midst of slow dying, the two men bathed in that day until sunset brought is, and their time in the doldrums, to an end.

I'm attracted to subjects who overcome tremendous suffering and learn to cope emotionally with it

The biggest problem has been exhaustion. I've spent about 6 of the last 14 years completely bedridden.

My illness is excruciating and difficult to cope with. It takes over your entire life and causes more suffering than I can describe.

I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it

We just sat there and watched the plane pass the island, and it never came back," he said. "I could see it on the radar. It makes you feel terrible. Life was cheap in war.