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When you live your whole life in one town, you know all the places where tragedy has occurred, because bad memories are as permanent as gravestones.
“From here, the war was almost beautiful. Maybe that was a fundamental truth: War looked one way for those who saw it from a safe distance. Close up, the view was different”
― The Women
― The Women
“Maybe happy now, happy for a moment, is all we really get. Happy forever seems a shitload to ask in a world on fire.”
― The Women
― The Women
“The women had a story to tell, even if the world wasn't quite yet ready to hear it, and their story began with three simple words. We were there.”
― The Women
― The Women
“Women can be heroes.”
― The Women
― The Women
“So. I am not coming home next month. I have signed up for another one-year tour of duty. I simply can’t leave my post when the men need me. We don’t have enough experienced staff here. There. I can hear you screaming. If you knew me now, you’d understand. I am a combat nurse.”
― The Women
― The Women
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