“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 couldn't see killing myself if I had a book that was only half-read: Fountainhead, Catcher in the Rye, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, One Hundred Years of Solitude? No. I figured that those who killed themselves first had to finish whatever book they were reading...if it were any good, that is. Of course, there's always the occasional book that makes you want to throw yourself off a bridge just for having wasted your time reading it. But I usually finished those ones, too.” MilitaryArmySuicideVeteranSuicide QuotesPtsd StigmaWar MemoirVeteran SuicideBooks On PtsdBooks On Suicide Book:Civilianized: A Young Veteran's Memoir Source: Civilianized: A Young Veteran's Memoir
