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Berta’s Quotes

“Peace never bragged. If you didn't look for it, it wasn't there.”
― Tim O'Brien, Going After Cacciato

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“Teachers who offer you the ultimate answers do not possess the ultimate answers, for if they did, they would know that the ultimate answers cannot be given, they can only be received.”
― Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume

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“when I’m mad I don’t have room to be scared.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

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“Although enemy forces had overrun the mortar and some gun positions, they did not have everything their own way.”
― Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy

tags: documented, factual, indochina-war, insightful, recount-of-war, united, unity, unrest, warring, world

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“True to course, he didn’t know the nature of the assignment; true to course, he didn’t ask. That was probably for the best. Preparation for the Iranian hostage extraction had been difficult, and its execution life-threatening, but that was child’s play compared to what was coming.”
― Chad Boudreaux

tags: action, clandestine, counterterrorism, drama, edge-of-your-seat, heart-pounding, humour, legal, suspense, target

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