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There is no pattern to who lives and who dies in war . . . In war, people die because they do. - Dr Ahmet Talzani

— Scott Anderson Triage (1998)

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I don’t care what anyone says, it affects you, it never stops affecting you.

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Elena understood that sometimes it was a terrible thing to be the one who lived, that this could be a weight in your heart that never left.

Triage (1998)

Ah well, these little mysteries, morbid curiosities, war is full of them. - Dr Ahmet Talzani

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It leaves scars in my head, it leaves scars all the time. - Colin

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I found my smartest patients were the most difficult, and I think Carlos was the smartest one of all. - Joaquin Morales

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