i want to go through hell on earth ... no no, i don’t want to go through hell on earth, i need to go through hell on earth. how can we have any decent perspective on life without having battled demons ... how can this be heaven for any of us, if we haven’t experienced the opposite? we of the rich nations are far too privileged ... we are far too safe ... we've become far too detached! oh, to have heroism thrust upon me ... to have lived! ..... like a boy in france ...