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“If you didn't pay attention to the buoys and markers, you'd hit something. Not enough people paid attention. Our marinas were swamped with repairs.”
― The Ruins of Woodman's Village
― The Ruins of Woodman's Village
“The reality of what was happening sank in. How and why had he ended up here? Why had Bevin and Charles been murdered?”
― Murder on the Naval Base
― Murder on the Naval Base
“Where was the fear? She searched herself as she listened: sometimes the rat-tat-tat of gunfire, rapid and snippy like the keys of two vast duelling type-writers battering out threats to each other on a paper sky.”
― Blasted Things
― Blasted Things
“On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy in Saigon.
(A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
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(A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
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“Although I contemplated suicide many times, and developed concrete plans once or twice, I never gave up. Rather than take the emergency exit, I searched relentlessly for remedies and coping mechanisms. Although often feeling worn down and deeply discouraged, I persisted in hoping better times might come.”
― Transcending Depression: Quest Without a Compass
― Transcending Depression: Quest Without a Compass
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