Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Vladislav Tamarov, Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story Quotes: Once, back home, I decided to count how many days out of my twenty months in Afghanistan I’d been on combat missions. 217 days. And I’m still paying the price for every one of those days.
         

Once, back home, I decided to count how many days out of my twenty months in Afghanistan I’d been on combat missions. 217 days. And I’m still paying the price for every one of those days.


Vladislav Tamarov, Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story
Check all other quotes by Vladislav Tamarov, Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Once, back home, I decided to count how many days out of my twenty months in Afghanistan I’d been on combat missions. 217 days. And I’m still paying the price for every one of those days.
         



Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Vladislav Tamarov, Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 22 Nov. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Once-back-home-I-decided-to-count-52981>.





Check out


Other quotes of Vladislav Tamarov, Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story


We didn’t believe in tomorrow. We we couldn’t forget what had happened yesterday.

We didn’t believe in tomorrow. We we couldn’t forget what had happened yesterday.



When you live next to death ... you don't think about it anymore, you just try to encounter it as seldom as possible.

When you live next to death ... you don't think about it anymore, you just try to encounter it as seldom as possible.



By 1989, the total number of Vietnam veterans who had died in violent accidents or by suicide after the war exceeded the total number of American soldiers who died during the war.

By 1989, the total number of Vietnam veterans who had died in violent accidents or by suicide after the war exceeded the total number of American soldiers who died during the war.



There's nothing I can do to erase the shadow of misery and despair from the eyes looking back at me from the photos [that I took in Afghanistan].

There's nothing I can do to erase the shadow of misery and despair from the eyes looking back at me from the photos [that I took in Afghanistan].



[On one of his comrades depicted in the book:]"Sasha was my friend … Like me, he was 19. But he didn't come home. He was killed 12 hours after this photo was taken.

[On one of his comrades depicted in the book:]"Sasha was my friend … Like me, he was 19. But he didn't come home. He was killed 12 hours after this photo was taken.



Someone once said that a minesweeper makes only two mistakes: the first is when he decides to be one. The second …

Someone once said that a minesweeper makes only two mistakes: the first is when he decides to be one. The second …





Other quotes you may like


I'll never forget that show season. It was completely mad. I was staying between Christy and Naomi's rooms and it was all limos and the Ritz Hotel and all that kind of business.

I'll never forget that show season. It was completely mad. I was staying between Christy and Naomi's rooms and it was all limos and the Ritz Hotel and all that kind of business.



Leadership is not a popularity contest it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title.

Leadership is not a popularity contest it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title.



There are many kinds of conceit, but the chief one is to let people know what a very ancient and gifted family one descends from.

There are many kinds of conceit, but the chief one is to let people know what a very ancient and gifted family one descends from.



I think that yoga, it really is a process.

I think that yoga, it really is a process.



I remember a couple of instrumental albums, just don't ask the names.

I remember a couple of instrumental albums, just don't ask the names.



The thing about any character is that you want to be sincere.

The thing about any character is that you want to be sincere.



That's exactly why nature always trumps gardens. Gardens are just reality pruned of chaos. What doesn't work you rip out.

That's exactly why nature always trumps gardens. Gardens are just reality pruned of chaos. What doesn't work you rip out.



Men like M. de Talleyrand are like sharp instruments with which it is dangerous to play.

Men like M. de Talleyrand are like sharp instruments with which it is dangerous to play.



The Bhagavad-Gita is where God Himself talks to His devotee Arjuna.

The Bhagavad-Gita is where God Himself talks to His devotee Arjuna.



Times change; years speed by; but Christmas continues sacred.

Times change; years speed by; but Christmas continues sacred.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Once, back home, I decided to count how many days out of my twenty months in Afghanistan I’d been on combat missions. 217 days. And I’m still paying the price for every one of those days.". Author of this quote is Vladislav Tamarov, Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story. This quote is about price-of-war, war, combat, memoirs,.