"I didn't say a word, I didn't know what kept me from speaking, perhaps it was the timing of his arrival, the fact that the lesson was nearly ending, and I couldn't speak, it would be polite to stay quiet, out of respect for the teacher. But I knew more than anything the real reason was because of the everlasting lump in my throat, the one I couldn't move since I saw him lying in the hospital bed."
-Gabrielle Marshal