“Emotion constricted Hawke’s throat. He suddenly understood why the victims of concentration camps had walked quietly to the gas chambers. In the face of horror and insanity, it was the one human thing to do. Not the noble thing, not the heroic thing – the human thing. To live succumbing to the insanity, was the ultimate loss of pride.”

“Emotion constricted Hawke’s throat. He suddenly understood why the victims of concentration camps had walked quietly to the gas chambers. In the face of horror and insanity, it was the one human thing to do. Not the noble thing, not the heroic thing – the human thing. To live succumbing to the insanity, was the ultimate loss of pride.”

— Karl Marlantes