Certain blood was being shed for uncertain reasons.
But this too is true: stories can save us.
He wished he could've explained some of this. How he had been braver than he ever thought possible, but how he had not been so brave as he wanted to be. The distinction was important.
you're never more alive than when you're almost dead.
Fiction is the lie that helps us understand the truth.
you can tell a true war story if it embarrasses you. If you don't care for obscenity, you don't care for the truth; if you don't care for the truth, watch how you vote. Send guys to war, they come home talking dirty.