How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
With perhaps half the country's population dead, death itself, unless it took someone close and dear, was trivial. (7.207)
As their suffering levels shoot through the roof, our heroes become numb to the horribly depressing circumstances around them. There's something profoundly sad about that, but it's the only way they can survive with their minds intact.
Quote #5
He was hungry. He was always hungry. No matter how much he ate the night before, he was always starving in the morning. (8.1)
It's hard to maintain your daily recommended value of vitamins and minerals when you can hardly put food on the table. This lack of sustenance takes a silent, but serious toll on Randy and his pals, sapping them of energy, limiting their mental focus, and causing plenty of hangry crankiness.
Quote #6
"No, thanks," Randy said. He was glad he wasn't a doctor. A doctor required special courage that Randy felt he did not possess. (8.74)
Randy joins Dan Gunn on a few house calls and regrets it every time. We would too. Dan witnesses an incredible amount of suffering each and every day. It must require some serious mental fortitude to work so hard in such a depressing situation.