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“A story: A man fires a rifle for many years, and he goes to war. And afterward he turns the rifle in at the armory, and he believes he’s finished with the rifle. But no matter what else he might do with his hands, love a woman, build a house, change his son’s diaper; his hands remember the rifle.”

Book:Jarhead: A Solder's Story of Modern War

Work

Jarhead: A Solder's Story of Modern War

This book delves into the life of a soldier in the Marine Corps during the Gulf War, offering an intimate look at the challenges and realities of modern warfare. more

Author

Anthony Swofford

Anthony Swofford is an American writer known for his memoir 'Jarhead', which is based on his experiences as a machine gunner in the Iraq War. His works often focus on military life and the psychological impact of war on individuals. more

“Right now in American writing there is no genre as exciting as memoir - the writer can do anything, as long as it works. It's like the 1920s up in this joint. So, I'd say, experiment with how you tell the story. In the best memoir it's not the what, it's how the writer tells the what - meaning and effect through form.”

Writing Long Stories Form Can Do Effects Right Now Exciting Experiments Memoir Genre Working It Joints

Author:Anthony Swofford

“How you spend your money is how you vote on what exists in the world”

World Vote

Author:Vicki Robin

“It is easier to tell our therapist about our sex life than it is to tell our accountant about our finances.”

Sex Easier Finance Therapists Accountants

Book:Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Ind ependence: Revised and Updated for the 21st Century

Source: Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Ind ependence: Revised and Updated for the 21st Century

“I looked at Mum and realized -- twang! -- that she was telling an untruth. A big untruth. And I remember thinking in that instant how thrilling and grown-up it must be to say something so completely untrue, as opposed to the little amateur fibs I was already practiced at -- horrid little apprentice sinner that I was --like the ones about you'd already said your prayers or washed under the fingernails. Yes, I was impressed. I too must learn to say these gorgeous untruths. Imaginary kings and queens would be my houseguests when I was older.”