How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"Why do there have to be men like that, men who enjoy another man's dying?" (1. 1. 11)
The spy, Harrison, muses on the mystery of evil: how can someone actually enjoy inflecting suffering on someone else? To quote Bruce Springsteen's song "Nebraska": "I guess there's just a meanness in this world."
Quote #2
"There are many people, General, that don't give a damn for a human soul, do you know that? The strange thing is, after playing this poor fool farmer for a while I can't help but feel sorry for him. Because nobody cares." (1.1.64)
As in the previous quote, Harrison is still hung up on the heartlessness or plain indifference of many people. The war itself might feel like an excellent example of human heartlessness—despite the fact that, ultimately, according to Shaara, it's being fought to liberate slaves.
Quote #3
He had not thought God would do a thing like that. He went to church and asked and there was no answer. He got down on his knees and pleaded but there was no answer. He got down on his knees and pleaded but there was no answer. She kept standing in the door: the boy is dead. (2.5.4)
Longstreet's life is turned totally upside-down when three of his children die during a terrible Christmas season. He's unable to make sense of it or to understand why God would allow this kind of suffering to happen. The Killer Angels doesn't really strive to provide answers to these questions—it just dramatizes the doubts and inner conflicts.