Such beauty, he thought, was too perfect to have come about by mere chance. That day in the center of the Pacific was, to him, a gift crafted deliberately, compassionately, for him and Phil. Joyful and grateful in the midst of slow dying, the two men bathed in that day until sunset brought is, and their time in the doldrums, to an end. β¨ Laura Hillenbrand (2010). Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, p.166, Random House
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