“Then he'd come back home and found out that war didn't cause fear—love did.”

“He knew what it was like to love one who did not--or could not--love you back. But he'd had no choice. None of them did.”

“Because love is an act of courage, not of fear, love is a commitment to others. No matter where the oppressed are found, the act of love is commitment to their cause--the cause of liberation.”

“You and me on the bobbing knee.
Didn't we cry at that old mythology he'd read!
I will come home again, but not until
The sun and the moon meet on yon hill.”

“It didn’t matter what war was fought, coming back home was another battle altogether.”

“i worried he'd let go, but he didn't. We held hands like this the whole rest of the way home.”

“Did you cling to the things they sold you?
Did you cover your eyes when they told you
That he can't come back, 'cause he has no children
To come back for”

“The greatest fear dogs know is the fear that you will not come back when you go out the door without them.”

“You said the anger would come back
just as the love did.”

“Who causes war? War is caused by our primal fear of not surviving. This is a two-sex fear. And because the fear is so primal, we are easily seduced into exaggerating the evil intent of anyone [who] might threaten our survival. Why? One mistake of underestimating a threat could leave everyone wiped out; many mistakes of overestimating would just leave men wiped out.”