Amanda

“It's necessary to learn from the past, to not repeat the same mistakes. And to never forget it was real! This actually happened to us!”
― Shigeru Mizuki, Showa 1953-1989: A History of Japan

“For a while, when I was eleven or so, I used to drop the empty cardboard toilet rolls into the john. They would take a while to disappear, five or six flushes usually, but I was in no hurry.”
― David Sedaris, Calypso

“One bloody battle followed another. Sometimes the North won, sometimes the South, but always the soldiers lost, thousands of them dying or maimed.”
― Marissa Moss, Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero

“I'm an American,' Kabuo cut in. 'Just like anybody. Am I calling you a Nazi, you big Nazi bastard? I killed men who looked just like you - pig-fed German bastards. I've got their blood on my soul, Carl, and it doesn't wash off very easily. So don't you talk to me about Japs, you big Nazi son of a bitch.”
― David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars