Aaron Dorian

“All of us are what we have to be and everyone lives the kind of life it's in him to live.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

“If you don’t know shit then find somebody who does and scare that shit out of him.”
― Chuck Dixon, Levon's Ride

“The people of our culture are tremendous bullet-biters. Biting the bullet supposedly helps one tolerate pain. One first tries to avoid the pain, but if the pain must absolutely be borne, then one must “bite the bullet.” For most who write and think about our future, it’s a foregone conclusion that we’re all going to have to bite the bullet very hard in order to survive. It doesn’t occur to these thinkers and writers that it would be far less painful to start fresh.”
― Daniel Quinn, The Story of B

“It’s the moment I’ve waited for, for an entire year. My feelings are welling up inside of me as I bounce up the stairs and into the plane. As I look back I see a solid line of green uniforms going from the gate to the plane. 400+ individuals with a single thought-HOME! I’m actually going back home.”
― Michael Zboray, Teenagers War: Vietnam 1969