There was no treachery too base for the world to commit.
Among the tortures and devestations of life is this then - our friends are not able to finish their stories.
There was no freedom in life, and certainly there was none in death.
Marvelous are the innocent.
war is a man's game ... the killing machine has a gender and it is male.
Besides, in this random miscellaneous company we may rub against some complete stranger who will, with luck, turn into the best friend we have in the world.