“ Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember except the story. Tim O'Brien
“ …he wanted to sleep inside her lungs and breathe her blood and be smothered. He wanted her to be a virgin and not a virgin all at once. He wanted to know her. Intimate secrets: Why poetry? Why so sad?… Tim O'Brien
“ They would get their shit together, and keep it together, and maintain it neatly and in good working order. Tim O'Brien
