Even then, at nine years old, I wanted to live inside her body. I wanted to melt into her bones - THAT kind of love.
Tim O'Brien... when he kissed her, she received the kiss without returning it, her eyes wide open, not afraid, not a virgin's eyes, just flat and uninvolved.
Tim O'BrienWhen your afraid,reallyafraid, you see things you never saw before, you pay attention to the world.
Tim O'Brien