Home > Work > In Times of Rain and War
1 " Colonel Moore once asked me if I was prepared to die, and, in looking back, I was. What I wasn't properly prepared for was to live- "
― Camron Wright , In Times of Rain and War
2 " It's peculiar, our nature to want to save others. During the war, you worked feverishly to save the children. Lilli was doing her best to save you, I was trying to save the men in my section, and , by the time it was over , we all failed. But Audrey, did we ? Because here you are, popping up out of nowhere, your box bringing with it a whispered feeling that you are here to prod ne forward. And so, perhaps, we are all saving each other after all, "
3 " In my fairy- tale ending, we would have both survived the war and called it a miracle, but it seems that triumph in life is infinitely more subtle. I am damaged from the war, but I'm not broken. My heart is, at times, lonely, but I am still loved. Life was never meant to be as perfect as I had supposed; rather we are to adapt, make our best choices, and then live with the consequences, learning that it will all be okay. "
4 " Now, Audrey, to me secret: while I have days that I struggle, some pretty terrible days, it mean that I also have stunning days. I weigh them both on the same side of the scale, lesson you taught. Life is short. Life is fragile. I shall grasp it with both hands and hang on, trying always to find the joy. "
