Anna (Bananas)’s Reviews > Marathon Cowboys > Status Update

"He thinks art matters more than people. You do understand that about him, Lorenzo?"
"I do now."

It was funny, but I'd never thought of anyone but people like me fighting for America. But people like Jesse, the artists, they were working on America too. The folks at the ACLU who were working for LGBT rights, they were working for America. It wasn't just the Devil Dogs, keeping the Huns from the gate. It made me feel better, somehow, thinking that all these brilliant, beautiful minds were hard at work.

So what did it mean, that the way I felt when I realized I had fallen in love was the exact same way I'd felt when I nearly died from exploding shrapnel?