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> [“Nothing is more isolating than having a particular history. At least that's what I thought. Now I know: All pain is the same. Only the details are different.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-powers/nothing-is-more-isolating-than-having-a-particular-history-at-least/)

[Kevin Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-powers/)

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## More by Kevin Powers

> [There is a sharp distinction between what is remembered, what is told and what is true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-powers/there-is-a-sharp-distinction-between-what-is-remembered-what-is-told/)

[Kevin Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-powers/)

> [I guess I find the boundaries between poetry and prose to be somewhat permeable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-powers/i-guess-i-find-the-boundaries-between-poetry-and-prose-to-be-somewhat/)

[Kevin Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-powers/)

> [“I didn't want to be responsible for him. I had enough to worry about. I was disintegrating, too. How was I supposed to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-powers/i-didn-t-want-to-be-responsible-for-him-i-had-enough-to-worry-about-i/)

[Kevin Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-powers/)

> [I had the feeling that if I encountered anyone they would intuit my disgrace and would judge me instantly. Nothing is more isolating than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-powers/i-had-the-feeling-that-if-i-encountered-anyone-they-would-intuit-my/)

[Kevin Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-powers/)

> [“Through those drooping branches the city sprawled out haphazardly like a drunk on a sidewalk, fallen where he may.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-powers/through-those-drooping-branches-the-city-sprawled-out-haphazardly/)

[Kevin Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-powers/)

> [“I've come to accept that parts of life are constant, that just because something happens on two different days doesn't make it a goddamn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-powers/i-ve-come-to-accept-that-parts-of-life-are-constant-that-just-because/)

[Kevin Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-powers/)

> [I think a lot of the guys I know and a lot of people I've talked to, what they want is very often what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-powers/i-think-a-lot-of-the-guys-i-know-and-a-lot-of-people-i-ve-talked-to/)

[Kevin Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-powers/)

> [The war tried to kill us in the spring. As grass greened the plains of Nineveh and the weather warmed, we patrolled the low-slung…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-powers/the-war-tried-to-kill-us-in-the-spring-as-grass-greened-the-plains-of/)

[Kevin Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-powers/)

> [“People are going to die," he said flatly. "It's statistics." Then he got up and left the room.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-powers/people-are-going-to-die-he-said-flatly-it-s-statistics-then-he-got-up/)

[Kevin Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-powers/)

> [“It's lovely to think that snow can be special. we're always told it is. Of all those million million flakes that fall, no two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-powers/it-s-lovely-to-think-that-snow-can-be-special-we-re-always-told-it-is/)

[Kevin Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-powers/)

> [The details of the world in which we live are always secondary to the fact that we must live in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-powers/the-details-of-the-world-in-which-we-live-are-always-secondary-to-the/)

[Kevin Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-powers/)

> [It reminded me of talking, how what is said is never quite what was thought, and what is heard is never quite what was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-powers/it-reminded-me-of-talking-how-what-is-said-is-never-quite-what-was/)

[Kevin Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-powers/)

> [“He waited, as if waiting for whichever last shadow would cause evening.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-powers/he-waited-as-if-waiting-for-whichever-last-shadow-would-cause-evening/)

[Kevin Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-powers/)

> [“A moment is never long enough to account for tragedy when you are in it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-powers/a-moment-is-never-long-enough-to-account-for-tragedy-when-you-are-in/)

[Kevin Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-powers/)

> [“I smelled the clean house and the wood-frame bed. It was all filler. The noise, the sound, they existed just to take up space.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-powers/i-smelled-the-clean-house-and-the-wood-frame-bed-it-was-all-filler/)

[Kevin Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-powers/)

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