Knowing he was suffering pained me. Thatโs the way love tangles you up. I couldnโt stop loving him, and couldnโt shut off the feelings of wanting to care for himโ but I also didnโt have to run to answer his letters. I was hurting, too, and no one was running to me.
Paula McLainI miss good old-fashioned honorable people just trying to make something of life. Simply, without hurting anyone else. I know that makes me a sap.
Paula McLainA week passes but it feels as if he's never been anywhere else. It's one of the things war does to you. Everything you see works to replace moments and people from your life before, until you can't remember why any of it mattered. It doesn't help if you're a soldier. The effect is the same.
Paula McLain