[Y]ou can tell a true war story by its absolute and uncompromising allegiance to obscenity and evil.
Tim O'BrienIt's a hard thing to explain to somebody who hasn't felt it, but the presence of death and danger has a way of bringing you fully awake. It makes things vivid.
Tim O'BrienI guess we're really brothers, aren't we? Don't know what that means, except it means that some of the same things we remember.
Tim O'Brien