There was the single abiding certainty that they would never be at a loss for things to carry.
Tim O'BrienWell, right now I'm not dead. But when I am, it's like...I don't know, I guess it's like being inside a book that nobody's reading. [...] An old one. It's up on a library shelf, so you're safe and everything, but the book hasn't been checked out for a long, long time. All you can do is wait. Just hope somebody'll pick it up and start reading.
Tim O'BrienI want you to feel what I felt. I want you to know why story-truth is truer sometimes than happening-truth.
Tim O'BrienWhen your afraid,reallyafraid, you see things you never saw before, you pay attention to the world.
Tim O'Brien