How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Once, an old man revealed to her on his deathbed, with such vividness she felt she was witnessing the act, that he had stabbed another man in the back and had watched him bleed to death. Though the murderer was not a Christian, Sister Sasaki told him that God forgave him, and he died in comfort. (5.98)
Although not really related to the war/any other major "plot" points, this story kind of speaks to the lessons in mercy and forgiveness that Sister Sasaki had learned over time, and also obliquely points to the lasting impact of death/traumas on the people who are involved in them, which seems kind of on-topic in a book about something like the atomic bomb…