At this point in time the war [ WWII] is close enough to still feel hotly personal to a writer, yet far enough away so that jingoism and heroics are no longer required.
Chris CleaveA scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.
Chris CleaveThe future looks like gasoline. . . . crude oil . . . is the future before it has been refined. It is like a dream of the future, really, and like any dream it ends with a rude awakening.
Chris Cleave