“ Stigma's power lies in silence. The silence that persists when discussion and action should be taking place. The silence one imposes on another for speaking up on a taboo subject, branding them with a… M.B. Dallocchio
“ The open road. Seemingly my only friend for years upon end since leaving war. The road embraced me, let me breathe, and more importantly, did not judge me. M.B. Dallocchio
“ How often do the poor in the US get to stand in front of their nation's Marie Antoinette's and shove the stale, mass-produced cake of lower class reality back into their mouths? M.B. Dallocchio
“ It is not enough to hope for something to happen and throw it into the universe. You, too, must also work to make it happen. M.B. Dallocchio
“ Indifference is the worst kind of response when love is expressed. Hate is not the antithesis of love; it’s the nonexistence of feeling, a pervasive apathy. When hate is present, so is love. It’s pass… M.B. Dallocchio
“ To walk through unknown streets in cities where you are merely learning the language is to force yourself into a new state of hypervigilance. You are a traveler, and hopefully not just a tourist, and… M.B. Dallocchio
“ With even the slightest upset, detachment soon followed. I didn’t lose sleep over men, and I was too restless to be tied down. The grass didn’t even have time to grow around my feet before I was plann… M.B. Dallocchio
“ Aside from clinically-diagnosed psychopaths, I have not met one person in war who thoroughly enjoyed killing. If someone ended up bragging over a kill, it was safe to assume that their story was mere… M.B. Dallocchio
“ I wasn’t a person after all. I was simply this exotic thing for people to observe and investigate, an alien in any environment I was in. M.B. Dallocchio
“ Ramadi’s sky was generously filled with stars. Celestial ornaments set against a banner of a deep blue velvet sky. It was a place where hell, death, and heaven were so clear and the closest I’ve felt… M.B. Dallocchio
“ She smiled, and said, “Take care that the voice of God and the Devil sound one in the same in the desert. Trust your instincts. You were not put on this earth to be naïve, blindly optimistic, or passi… M.B. Dallocchio
“ Czechs simply don’t say they’re going camping or spending time outdoors. They say, in Czech, that they are going “into the nature” as though nature, příroda, is beyond a place in the woods or other fo… M.B. Dallocchio
“ A moving target is harder to kill, and I didn't stop running, maneuvering, until I reached home base, where I could breathe between death-defying sprints. I just need to make it home alive, and this w… M.B. Dallocchio
“ To stay alive, you have to keep moving. Running, relocating, driving, doing everything in your power to stay in motion and make it to safety. M.B. Dallocchio
“ A woman in combat? Yes. Since when? Since Native American warrior Buffalo Calf Road Woman knocked that prick General George Custer off of his horse. Since Pantea Arteshbod propelled herself to become… M.B. Dallocchio
“ It was a frightening metaphor for what the United States was becoming – a Titanic of rich, proud dimwits heading for the iceberg of anti-colonialist backlash. M.B. Dallocchio
