“I grabbed the closest box of books and heaved it onto my bed. It contained all the books I had read in Iraq. Dog-eared, with broken spines, speckled with dirt, food, and even a little blood, most of the copies were marked up with notes in the margins. The better the book, the worse it looked--that's the way it should be. As I saw it, they were almost more like diaries than books.” WritingPtsdLove Of BooksWar MemoirCivilianizedBook DescriptionWell Loved Books Book:Civilianized: A Young Veteran's Memoir Source: Civilianized: A Young Veteran's Memoir
“A successful suicide doesn't just happen, although, of course, there are exceptions. Someone happens to be walking across a bridge when the feeling hits. Or they're on the roof of a building and realize they have nothing to live for. But most of the time, suicide takes planning. That's the way I figured. The was I was figuring...” PtsdSuicide ThoughtsPtsd RecoverySuicide QuotesPtsd StigmaWar MemoirMichael AnthonyCivilianized Book:Civilianized: A Young Veteran's Memoir Source: Civilianized: A Young Veteran's Memoir
“I thought of To Kill a Mockingbird. I had finished reading it one night in a bunker, my knees bent and hunched together while mortars hit the ground, the glow of a cigarette and the moon as my only light. Standing there now, chain-smoking, I felt like I finally understood the ending.” Michael AnthonyCivilianizedMassachusetts AuthorTo Kill A Mocking BirdIraq War DescriptionWar Writing Book:Civilianized: A Young Veteran's Memoir Source: Civilianized: A Young Veteran's Memoir
