Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"It was the only right thing to do, Billy. I would have done it
if you were lying sick, and Bert would have done it for you an'
me if it had been the other way around."

His face was glowing.

"Gee, Saxon, a fellow can always count on you. You're like my
right hand. That's why I say no more babies. If I lose you I'm
crippled for life."