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Courage: Roy Blanchard's Journey in America's Forgotten War

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“Have you ever noticed that however uncomfortable you might have been when you first went to bed—the room too hot or too cold; the pillows not quite right; the mattress lumpy; the sheets scratchy by the time you should get up, your bed has transformed itself into the Platonic ideal of beds? The room is cool, the bed is soft, and the pillow may as well have been God’s Own Headrest. The transformation inevitably happens, of course, when you’re obligated to get up and out, when nothing sounds better than hunkering down in a pile of cool cotton.”

“The fact was that Spaniel had helped to put me in a positive frame of mind. I had come back down from that bench overlooking the fells thinking despite everything, I still had something to offer. It had felt like the world had left me behind since the accident and it had taken a friendly dog to remind me that I could still catch up. At the heart of it, Max reminded me how it felt to be at peace.”