I can't protect you from knowledge.
My father always said that too many words cheapened the value of a man's speech.
The Elders were closer to the Maker of All Things and should be deferred to whenever they made their will known.
Tim was dead. And he's always been a loser. I'd be damned if I was going to be the victim of a loser - or anyone else.
Don't make light of any man's pain.
Death is not such a bad thing. What would be a bad thing would be living without challenges. Without knowing defeat, we cannot know what victory is. There is no life without death.