I, Like Most Of My Friends, Couldn't

Every Human Being Must Find His Own Way To Cope With Severe Loss, And The Only Job Of A True Friend Is To Facilitate Whatever Method He Chooses.

People Are Disturbed Enough By Serial Killers, But The Whole Notion Of Female Violence, Particularly Maternal Violence - The Idea Of Mothers Who Kill - Really Unnerves People.

Still, It's An Interesting Technique-leaving One Person Behind In Order To Find Her Or Him Somewhere Else. And In Someone Else.

Imagine, [kriezler] Said, That You Enter A Large, Somewhat Crumbling Hall That Echoes With The Sounds Of People Mumbling And Talking Repetitively To Themselves. All Around You These People Fall Into Prostrate Positions, Some Of Them Weeping. Where Are You? Sara’s Answer Was Immediate: In An Asylum. Perhaps, Kreizler Answered, But You Could Also Be In A Church. In The One Place The Behavior Would Be Considered Mad; In The Other, Not Only Sane, But As Respectable As Any Human Activity Can Be.

I Was A Pretty Angry Kid, And I Got Into Military History Largely As A Way To Vent My Own Anger. As I Got Older It Narrowed Down To A More Specific Focus On Individual Violence. I'm Just Trying To Understand Where It Came From.