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“The rules would seem to indicate,” I told him, “that if you start a war you really can’t complain when people drop bombs on you.”

— Jack Cady Kilroy Was Here (1996)

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Men build all kinds of worlds in order to defeat fear and loneliness.

The Night We Buried Road Dog (1993)

We press the enemy backward with memories, with the power of history, with scenes of sense and order.

Kilroy Was Here (1996)

Her eyes held that long-distance prairie look, a look knowing wind and fire and hard times, stuff that either breaks people or leaves them wise.

The Night We Buried Road Dog (1993)

The world was changing, and it wouldn’t change back.

The Night We Buried Road Dog (1993)

I now knew what it was, but just because you can name a thing does not mean you understand it.

Kilroy Was Here (1996)

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