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“No matter what the reason, the ways I tried to justify the situation, the second-guessing that lingered, nothing could change the fact that people stopped existing because of me.”

Book:Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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“I feel like so much has been left undone. There are friends I won't see before I leave, there are bills I still need to pay. I haven't written as much as I've wanted, and there are countless things I've said that I wish I could correct, but this is a process that will never end. When my grandmother died she left a library full of books she never finished reading. This is how I feel now.”

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Book:Just Another Soldier: A Year on the Ground in Iraq

Source: Just Another Soldier: A Year on the Ground in Iraq

“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." [Meditations Divine and Moral]”

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Book:The Works of Anne Bradstreet

Source: The Works of Anne Bradstreet

“Endure to the very end.”

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Book:Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“I'm obsessed with trying to recount events as accurately and honestly as possible, but in practice the only thing I'm really any good at is telling you how I feel.”

Life Writing Emotions Soldier Iraq Deployment

Book:Just Another Soldier: A Year on the Ground in Iraq

Source: Just Another Soldier: A Year on the Ground in Iraq

“Sure as hell doesn’t seem that Williams’ study and findings were general. This man talked from fact. I bet this is the scientist and study they want.”

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Book:Fatal Identity

Source: Fatal Identity

“And we are not pursuing military information on this trip. At least not about the Russian mafia exchanging Russian-Ukrainian tanks and electronics for their benefit in Syria.”

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Book:Lost Identity

Source: Lost Identity

“Your long-term association with military intelligence is important. Let’s talk about what you might notice in them. Since this happened, one or two may have changed behavioral characteristics. Are there any with peculiarities different from when they started?”

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Book:Fatal Identity

Source: Fatal Identity

“There are two things a combat deployment offers which all of us strongly desire. The first, being purpose. Every morning we woke up and knew why we were there. It is immediate and unavoidable. Although, it is extreme and unpleasant, there is a comfort in that purpose. The second, is simplicity. We have one goal. There are relatively simple rules on how to accomplish it, and we understand that just about everything will go wrong. Pretty simple.”

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Book:Post-Deployment Wisdom For Those Expecting A Returning Service Member

Source: Post-Deployment Wisdom For Those Expecting A Returning Service Member

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