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1 " The things that haunt us, they make us human. "
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes , The Lovely and the Lost
2 " It's not the things you can’t find that haunt you. It’s when you choose not to look. "
3 " I understand now. The three of you share a single iota of common sense. I'm just a little unclear on which one of you has custody of it now. "
4 " Most people thought that training animals was about obedience and control. But in reality, the center of any search and rescue training program was play. For the dog, searching was a game. Animals who had a strong play drive would keep playing indefinitely—through ice and snow, over hard terrain, for hours upon hours—until the game was won. Until they found their target. "
5 " No matter how sharp its edges, no knife could hold a candle to fang and claw. "
6 " Funny thing about dying,” Bales said, his voice contemplative. “You don’t have much to lose. "
7 " How do you go out there, again and again, knowing what you’re going to find?”“I tell myself that I don’t find bodies,” Mac replied evenly. “I find answers. I find lost ones, and I bring them home. "