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> [“I wanted to see my family, but didn't want to leave the other guys. The people waiting for us were strangers, even though I knew every last one of them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-van-winkle/i-wanted-to-see-my-family-but-didn-t-want-to-leave-the-other-guys-the/)

[Clint Van Winkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-van-winkle/)

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## More by Clint Van Winkle

> [“Most likely, they were writing the same type of macho bullshit that I wrote, trying to sound tough with their words in case words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-van-winkle/most-likely-they-were-writing-the-same-type-of-macho-bullshit-that-i/)

[Clint Van Winkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-van-winkle/)

> [“No matter what the reason, the ways I tried to justify the situation, the second-guessing that lingered, nothing could change the fact that people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-van-winkle/no-matter-what-the-reason-the-ways-i-tried-to-justify-the-situation/)

[Clint Van Winkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-van-winkle/)

> [“I wanted to see my family, but didn't want to leave the other guys. The people waiting for us were strangers, even though I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-van-winkle/i-wanted-to-see-my-family-but-didn-t-want-to-leave-the-other-guys-the/)

[Clint Van Winkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-van-winkle/)

> [“I wasn't writing home. I wasn't writing a death letter, either. I was writing a death journal, a piece of fiction meant for my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-van-winkle/i-wasn-t-writing-home-i-wasn-t-writing-a-death-letter-either-i-was/)

[Clint Van Winkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-van-winkle/)

> [“Unfortunately, just like bullets, you can never get words back once they have been sent out into the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-van-winkle/unfortunately-just-like-bullets-you-can-never-get-words-back-once/)

[Clint Van Winkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-van-winkle/)

> [“I was enjoying the great human trophy hunt and, looking back, it scares the hell out of me”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-van-winkle/i-was-enjoying-the-great-human-trophy-hunt-and-looking-back-it-scares/)

[Clint Van Winkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-van-winkle/)

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