Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.
—SHAKESPEARE
Neil’s soul substance burst from his tired body into the larger universe this morning. Those of you who know him well realize how significant it is that a packet of vital energy such as his has come forth with a fierceness. Please allow as much of his soul substance as you can stand to enter and live within you now, so that he will come to rest in dozens of bodies and continue to burst into the world through your mouth, through your eyes through your breath and through your tears.
—STEPHANIE ALEMÁN (on Neil Whitehead’s Facebook wall, March 22, 2012)
Of course this news isn’t believable. So in order to find out, I went to Facebook. And I’m sorry to discover confirmation that it is. Ah Facebook. Neil would have enjoyed this.
—JANET MARION CHERNELA (on Neil Whitehead’s Facebook wall, March 23, 2012)