The Major in the Kitchen — The Night Wendell Pruitt’s Story Fell Apart

“Sometimes it is.

Often it’s about doing your duty even when you’re afraid.”

She nodded.

“Then I was braver than I knew.

The day I told you I wanted to leave, my knees were shaking.”

“I know.”

“I used to think the fact that I was afraid meant I’d failed.”

“No,” I said.