People want to ignore what they can't understand. They're looking for logic at any cost.

“Certain things need not be said, and there’s nothing, not a whisper, prayer, no…”

“I saw the end of his life right there in that single moment. His pride, his dec…”

“People all over town had listened for my grandfather's cries, but there were no…”

“Perhaps what people said was true, that any man who lived long enough would eve…”