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"But grief like Patsy suffered is very hard to assuage. I know she felt her loss had smashed her life irrevocably, though she would try to put it together." I like this quote because it shows the sympathy Marcus shows for Patsy and why he does. (Favorite)

"I stared up at the escarpment and there in the darkness I could see white lights, moving quickly, across the face of the mountain." Escarpment- a long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights. (Vocabulary)

"Behind me, with unbelievable presence of mind, Gulab was roaring out my BUD/S class numbers he'd seen on my Trident voodoo tattoo: 'Two-two-eight! It's Two-two-eight!'" I like this event because it shows how loyal Gulab is to Marcus.

"The throng gathered in our front yard now numbered almost three hundred" Throng- a large, densely packed crowd of people

"Hell, I was confused. Why was Sarawa helping me? ... This was a village full of Islamic fanatics who wanted only to see dead Americans." The author has used his feelings to explain a part of the book of what he was going through in his head,

"My leg was turning the shale beneath me to a dark red." Shale- a fine grained, sedimentary rock

"When i think about, these many months later, I'm kind of overwhelmed: that much love, that much caring, that much kindness to my parents. And I think about it, all of it, every day, and I still have no idea how to express my gratitude, except to say I know the door of our home is open to each and every one of them, no matter the hour of the circumstance, for all the days of my life."