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“and we could be just like any other couple,
stumbling home from any other party.
But when you talk about wartime, what you tell me
is how many stars there were, and how
some boys flew a kite on the mountain.
What you don't talk about
is huddling with a group of soldiers in a bunker
while the rockets came over the walls, how
most of you by chance came out, but two did not.
They were Canadian, you said offhandedly,
when you'd been home for a while,
and you never said it again.”
― Mrs. Houdini
stumbling home from any other party.
But when you talk about wartime, what you tell me
is how many stars there were, and how
some boys flew a kite on the mountain.
What you don't talk about
is huddling with a group of soldiers in a bunker
while the rockets came over the walls, how
most of you by chance came out, but two did not.
They were Canadian, you said offhandedly,
when you'd been home for a while,
and you never said it again.”
― Mrs. Houdini
“I don’t have to worry about what I’ll do on any given day because I already know—I work. All decisions are made for me. The only thing I have to worry about is the possibility of dying.”
― Mass Casualties: A Young Medic's True Story of Death, Deception, and Dishonor in Iraq
― Mass Casualties: A Young Medic's True Story of Death, Deception, and Dishonor in Iraq
“The consequences of looking how you feel can be deadly”
― Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
― Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
“Women, endlessly told to smile but also tasked with making other people smile, are held accountable not only for the expression of their own feelings but also for the feelings of others.”
― Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
― Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
“Other nights I lie in bed and think about everything and anything, and the only thing I can feel is nothing. I think about the war and I feel nothing. I think about life and death, mine and everyone else’s, and I feel nothing. I think about myself and I don’t care if I live or die. On these nights, mortars go off and I won’t get out of bed. I’ll lie in bed as the bombs go off. I tell myself it doesn’t matter if I live or die, nothing matters—I like it when I feel nothing.”
― Mass Casualties: A Young Medic's True Story of Death, Deception, and Dishonor in Iraq
― Mass Casualties: A Young Medic's True Story of Death, Deception, and Dishonor in Iraq
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