Tim O'brien Quotes

6 quotes from 6 authors

Tim O'Brien’s voice still haunts readers, and his six short snippets capture that lingering pull. From Vietnam’s raw combat edge to the confession that fiction can feel truer than history, each line nudges you toward an uneasy overlap. Curious for a broader view? You might also enjoy the Vietnam War literature and American fiction pages, where the dialogue expands.

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“All of us, I suppose, like to believe that in a moral emergency we will behave like the heroes of our youth,…

Tim O'Brien

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I'm very excited about some of the novels that I have adapted. I think they're equally as powerful, if not more. Going…

Gabe Polsky

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Since I was a kid. I had this series by Ballantine Books about the history of World Wars I and II. In…

George Packer

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In fact, I always assumed that most everything I read was true, to one degree or another. I couldn't articulate this fact…

Kevin Keck

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I love fiction. I like reading short stories. Cupcakes, pop songs, Polaroids, and short stories. They all raise and answer questions in…

Laurel Nakadate

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Tim O'Brien's book about Vietnam, 'The Things They Carried', has won every award, is studied in college and is considered to be…

Dave Eggers

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