#I love him and I'm definitely going to articulate proper thoughts about him asap

[saints-who-never-existed]

“Death has an opposite, but the opposite is not mere living. 

It is not courage or faith or human will. 

The opposite of death is love. 

How had I missed that? How does anyone miss that? 

Love is our only weapon. 

Only love can turn mere life into a miracle, and draw precious meaning from suffering and fear. 

For a brief, magical moment, all my fears lifted, and I knew that I would not let death control me. I would walk through the godforsaken country that separated me from my home with love and hope in my heart. 

I would walk until I had walked all the life out of me, and when I fell I would die that much closer to my father.”

- Nando Parrado, Miracle in the Andes, 2006.