Life ain't fair. It ain't. Not never.

Then at the top of the hill, the road forks. Which just figures. "You gotta be kidding." I say. One part of the road goes left, the other goes right. (Well, it's a "Fork" ain't it?)

No,' Ben says, 'but I believe it. I believe it for you. And that's why it's hope.

You be as angry as you need to be,” she said. “Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Not your grandma, not your dad, no one. And if you need to break things, then by God, you break them good and hard.

...and I have this stupid little thought that Aaron didn't survive the croc attack after all, that he died but he's so pissed off at me that dying didn't stop him from coming here to kill me anyway.

He was still alive. Which was the worst thing that could have happened.

This is what war does. Right here, in my hands. This is war.