The map of the world is always changing; sometimes it happens overnight. All it takes is the blink of an eye, the squeeze of a trigger, a sudden gust of wind. Wake up and your life is perched on a precipice; fall asleep, it swallows you whole.
Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival (ed. Harper Collins, 2009) - ISBN: 9780061743351