Nyri A. Bakkalian

“Every war is different. Every war is the same.”
― Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

“As it turns out, we're all still learning to be men, or women, all still learning to be ourselves. pg 197”
― Jennifer Finney Boylan, She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders

“I have a different theory, which is even more harebrained. It goes like this: Maybe we should all just love one another, even if we don't completely understand the things that people bear in their dark, strange hearts, even if the stars that other men and women are following seem invisible to us. If we make ourselves open to the humanity of others first, maybe understanding will follow. An incomprehensible theory of the universe isn't necessary if your only ambition is to embrace another soul. What you need, maybe all you need, in fact, is the willingness to love.”
― Jennifer Finney Boylan, Long Black Veil

“Monster a person though monster not human.
Monster like music. Like Beatles! Like Schumann!
World full of stupid. World full of noise.
Monster feel ANGRY. No birthday. No joys.
World full of JUNK monster not comprehend.
What is a childhood? What is a friend?
Monster and human both want the same.
Want conversation. Want love. WANT NO PAIN.
If monster speak heart: monster life only worsen.
Monster not human: BUT MONSTER A PERSON!”
― Jennifer Finney Boylan, Falcon Quinn and the Black Mirror