“Man,” he said, “I’m not afraid of graveyards. The dead are just, you know, people who wanted the same things you and I want.””What do we want?” I asked blurrily.”Aw, man, you know,” he said. “We just want, well, the same things these people wanted.””What was that?”He shrugged. “To live, I guess,” he said.”

− Michael Cunningham −