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“But this too is true: stories can save us.”
― The Things They Carried
― The Things They Carried
“And in the end, of course, a true war story is never about war. It's about sunlight. It's about the special way that dawn spreads out on a river when you know you must cross the river and march into the mountains and do things you are afraid to do. It's about love and memory. It's about sorrow. It's about sisters who never write back and people who never listen.”
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“I want you to feel what I felt. I want you to know why story-truth is truer sometimes than happening-truth.”
― The Things They Carried
― The Things They Carried
“They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried.”
― The Things They Carried
― The Things They Carried
“But the thing about remembering is that you don't forget.”
― The Things They Carried
― The Things They Carried
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