To generalize about war is like generalizing about peace. Almost everything is true. Almost nothing is true. The Things They Carried (1990)
I survived, but it's not a happy ending. I was a coward. I went to the war. The Things They Carried (1990)
I would go to the war — I would kill and maybe die — because I was embarrassed not to. That was the sad thing. And so I sat in the bow of the boat and cried. The Things They Carried (1990)