If war was hell and only hell and there were no other colors in the palate I don't think people would continue to make war.

How many times did someone have to run in front of a machine gun before it became an act of cowardice?

All the wrong people remember Vietnam. I think all the people who remember it should forget it, and all the people who forgot it should remember it.

Talk about impersonating an identity, about locking into a role, about irony; I went to cover the war and the war covered me; an old story, unless of course you've never heard it.

What is the difference between the Marine Corps and the Boy Scouts? The Boy Scouts have adult leadership.

Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods.

You can still see the shadow from when the Zeppelin floated over America; it took like Islam in the desert . . .

Every time I had a vision of myself lying dead somewhere, it was up there, in the Highlands.

Maybe nothing's so unfunny as an omen read wrong.

We took space back quickly, expensively, with total panic and close to maximum brutality. Our machine was devastating. And versatile. It could do everything but stop.

for years now there had been no country here but the war.

The rise or fall, success or failure of your dreams is largely dependent on the association you build yourself around.

A piece of information can change a person. I'd hate to change the way I'm supposed to live the future.

Imagination is the highest kite that can fly.

...dark furrow lines grid the snow, punctuated by orange abacus beads of pumpkins - now the crows own the field...

When you observe yourself you must not condemn or approve what you see. If you tell a lie there is no need to judge your-self.

Strong faith in the Savior is submissively accepting of His will and timing in our lives, even if the outcome is not what we hoped for or wanted.

It's horrible when people are only interested in buying labels, because it doesn't bring them the happiness they think it will.

Sanity is not truth. Sanity is conformity to what is socially expected. Truth is sometimes in conformity, sometimes not.

The crows that are predatory are something you have to deal with. For me, they also become associated with cancer cells.

I was never really unpopular in high school.