How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Uncle Richie, I'm glad I won't mail this letter to you. Because the hardest thing to say is that I don't know if God and I would recognize each other. Why would He let such crap go on like this? How come there's so much pain in the world if He has anything to say about it? What kind of a God is this? (15.37)
Birdy is grappling with something that fighters and civilians in wars throughout history have wondered: how could God let terrible things happen? It's not an easy question to answer.