Marissa

“But in a story I can steal her soul.”
― Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried

“Words, too, have genuine substance -- mass and weight and specific gravity.”
― Tim O'Brien, Tomcat in Love

“A lot like yesterday, a lot like never.”
― Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried

“I love you," someone says, and instantly we begin to wonder - "Well, how much?" - and when the answer comes - "With my whole heart" - we then wonder about the wholeness of a fickle heart.) Our lovers, our husbands, our wives, our fathers, our gods - they are all beyond us.”
― Tim O'Brien, In the Lake of the Woods