"And in the end, of course, a true war story is never about war. It's about sunlight. It's about the special way that dawn spreads out on a river when you know you must cross the river and march into the mountains and do things you are afraid to do. It's about love and memory. It's about sorrow. It's about sisters who never write back and people who never listen.” "
--Tim O'Brien
I used to think of soldiers as a mass force of generically heroic and honorable people, when the truth is that each man or woman who serves has an individual humanity that must bear the brunt of the duty they accept. This is such a poignant expression of that idea.
