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“Bush, Cheney, Rove, all those guys, they just did what everybody else was doing and I was right there with ’em, chicken as anybody. My problem now is how tough and gung-ho they are, all that bring-it-on crap, I mean, Jesus, show a little humility, people. They ought to be just as careful of your young lives as they were with their own.”
― Ben Fountain, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

“sometimes in life, there are no second chances. You look at what you have, not what you miss, and you move forward.”
― Jamie Ford, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

“Nobody would ever wise up if they hadn’t at some stage been young and stupid.”
― Nina George, The Little Paris Bookshop

“was ready never to see again.”
― Patrick Ryan, Buckeye