"The ceiling is probably the last thing most people see. For at least 90% of the people that die. For Sure. And when you die the last thing you see is printed in your eye. Like a photo. Imagine the number of people with ceilings in their eyes."
"The solider found himself in another trench next to another man... The solider looked into the man's face and didn't need to say anything. The solider placed his hand on the man's chest and conducted an instinct even more fundamental than war. The soldier's hand told the man everything he needed to know. How the solider had become the opposite of all the others. And how he would become the same. An insane idea. So simple and impossible. That was peace."
[The Story of Forgetting by stefan merrill block.]