Someone Else's War/Quotes

""Because you're not evil, even if you've done evil things.""

- --Matteo

""They can desensitize you, reprogram you, beat you, rape you, put the fear of God in you, but they can't kill your kindness. They can smother it--but it always comes back. I've seen that. Whether you're with them months...years...even weeks. They can't kill kindness.""

- --Asher

""I don't remember them well. I was eight when I decided I'd go to the LRA. I thought about them every morning, every night, hoping that the more I thought about them, the stronger the memory would be. It's the opposite. I can barely remember my mother's laugh. I remember her crying when we didn't have enough food, but the words, the sound of her voice...they're gone. I can see my father lifting my sister, playing with her... Why can't I see their faces?""

- --Otto

""I've always thought, 'If you can save someone, then you must. You must.' ""

- --Ruth

""Some people care. And some people don't. It's easy to point fingers and say, 'Good people care, bad people don't!' But I don't know what makes humans care about each other. I feel sad when children have their childhood taken away. I had a nice childhood, so if you think it's transference, it's not. I just care. I know you do, too.""

- --Lieutenant Panga