“ The dead were just the dead, neither awful nor remarkable. History separated out these individuals and preserved their names where others were obilterated for ever. Rosie Thomas
“ I am not afraid of death, which after all can't be far away. What does frighten me, though, is the halfway stage. Rosie Thomas
“ I am afraid of reduction. After a lifetime's independence- yes, selfish independence- I am terrified of being reduced to childhood once more, to helplessness, to seas of confusion from which the cruel… Rosie Thomas
“ I've grieved enough for his life cut short and for mine for running on for so long with so little in it. It's weakness now, but I suppose I am crying out of a general sense of loss. Maybe I am mournin… Rosie Thomas
