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The fires of history burn hot and long, but memories of fires do not burn long enough.

— 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)

“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.”

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)

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If we don’t care about our past we can’t have very much hope for our future.

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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past, — so good night!

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