--- title: "11 Way Quotes By Tim O'Brien" description: "11 Way quotes by Tim O'Brien. Plus more from Tim O'Brien and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d83/tim-o-brien-1818_awake_the-presence-of-danger-has-a-way-of-maki_1418960.png" --- > [The presence of danger has a way of making you feel fully awake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/the-presence-of-danger-has-a-way-of-making-you-feel-fully-awake/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d83/tim-o-brien-1818_awake_the-presence-of-danger-has-a-way-of-maki_1418960.png) > [A giddy feeling, in a way, except there was the dreamy edge of impossibility to it - like running a dead-end maze…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/a-giddy-feeling-in-a-way-except-there-was-the-dreamy-edge-of/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/tim-o-brien-1818_conclusion_a-giddy-feeling-in-a-way-except-there-wa_1979635.png) > [But I do like churches. The way it feels inside. It feels good when you just sit there, like you're in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/but-i-do-like-churches-the-way-it-feels-inside-it-feels-good-when-you/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/tim-o-brien-1818_church_but-i-do-like-churches-the-way-it-feels_670091.png) > [It's a hard thing to explain to somebody who hasn't felt it, but the presence of death and danger has a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/it-s-a-hard-thing-to-explain-to-somebody-who-hasn-t-felt-it-but-the-2/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/224/tim-o-brien-1818_awake_it-s-a-hard-thing-to-explain-to-somebody_2405301.jpg) > [The thing about a story is that you dream it as you tell it, hoping that others might then dream along with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/the-thing-about-a-story-is-that-you-dream-it-as-you-tell-it-hoping/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d37/tim-o-brien-1818_dream_the-thing-about-a-story-is-that-you-drea_32071.png) > [Fiction, maybe art in general, is a tentative, uncertain enterprise; it's not science, it's an exploration, but you never find much in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/fiction-maybe-art-in-general-is-a-tentative-uncertain-enterprise-it-s/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/tim-o-brien-1818_answers_fiction-maybe-art-in-general-is-a-tentat_32198.png) > [Linda was nine then, as I was, but we were in love...it had all the shadings and complexities of mature adult love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/linda-was-nine-then-as-i-was-but-we-were-in-love-it-had-all-the/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/736/tim-o-brien-1818_adults_linda-was-nine-then-as-i-was-but-we-were_2444149.jpg) > [For Rat Kiley, I think, facts were formed by sensation, not the other way around, and when you listened to one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/for-rat-kiley-i-think-facts-were-formed-by-sensation-not-the-other/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b34/tim-o-brien-1818_facts_for-rat-kiley-i-think-facts-were-formed_743785.png) > [It’s a hard thing to explain to somebody who hasn’t felt it, but the presence of death and danger has a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/it-s-a-hard-thing-to-explain-to-somebody-who-hasn-t-felt-it-but-the/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5c/tim-o-brien-1818_afraid_it-s-a-hard-thing-to-explain-to-somebody_1839137.jpg) > [And in the end, of course, a true war story is never about war. It's about sunlight. It's about the special way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/and-in-the-end-of-course-a-true-war-story-is-never-about-war-it-s/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f96/tim-o-brien-1818_crosses_and-in-the-end-of-course-a-true-war-stor_1817660.png) > [In any war story, but especially a true one, it's difficult to separate what happened from what seemed to happen. What seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/in-any-war-story-but-especially-a-true-one-it-s-difficult-to-separate/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ae/tim-o-brien-1818_angle_in-any-war-story-but-especially-a-true-o_1565263.png) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Tim O'Brien > [“Yes, the issue was courage. It always had been, even as a kid. Things scared him. He couldn't help it. Noise scared him, dark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/yes-the-issue-was-courage-it-always-had-been-even-as-a-kid-things/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) > [It's very hard to articulate the things that are important about writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/it-s-very-hard-to-articulate-the-things-that-are-important-about/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) > [The thing about a story is that you dream it as you tell it, hoping that others might then dream along with you, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/the-thing-about-a-story-is-that-you-dream-it-as-you-tell-it-hoping/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) > [Fiction, maybe art in general, is a tentative, uncertain enterprise; it's not science, it's an exploration, but you never find much in the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/fiction-maybe-art-in-general-is-a-tentative-uncertain-enterprise-it-s/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) > [“I learned that words make a difference. It's easier to cope with a kicked bucked than a corpse; if it isn't human, it doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/i-learned-that-words-make-a-difference-it-s-easier-to-cope-with-a/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) > [“Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember except the story.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/stories-are-for-eternity-when-memory-is-erased-when-there-is-nothing/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) > [“The story' Sanders would say "the whole tone, man, you're wrecking it." Tone?' The sound. You need to get a consitent sound, like slow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/the-story-sanders-would-say-the-whole-tone-man-you-re-wrecking-it/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) > [“On occasions the war was like a Ping-Pong ball. You could put fancy spin on it, you could make it dance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/on-occasions-the-war-was-like-a-ping-pong-ball-you-could-put-fancy/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) > [“They were afraid of dying, but they were even more afraid to show it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/they-were-afraid-of-dying-but-they-were-even-more-afraid-to-show-it/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) > [“Forty-three years old, and the war occurred half a lifetime ago, and yet the remembering makes it now. And sometimes remembering will lead to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/forty-three-years-old-and-the-war-occurred-half-a-lifetime-ago-and/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) > [“He thought about the difference between good times and bad times, and how funny it was that he could not state the difference, only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/he-thought-about-the-difference-between-good-times-and-bad-times-and/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) > [A lie, sometimes, can be truer than the truth, which is why fiction gets written.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/a-lie-sometimes-can-be-truer-than-the-truth-which-is-why-fiction-gets/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) > [My life is storytelling. I believe in stories, in their incredible power to keep people alive, to keep the living alive, and the dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/my-life-is-storytelling-i-believe-in-stories-in-their-incredible/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) > [With a hangover and with fear, it is difficult to put a helmet on your head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/with-a-hangover-and-with-fear-it-is-difficult-to-put-a-helmet-on-your/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) > [“Peace never bragged. If you didn't look for it, it wasn't there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/peace-never-bragged-if-you-didn-t-look-for-it-it-wasn-t-there/) [Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/tim-o-brien/#itemlist", "name": "11 Way Quotes By Tim O'Brien", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The presence of danger has a way of making you feel fully awake.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tim O'Brien" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/the-presence-of-danger-has-a-way-of-making-you-feel-fully-awake/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d83/tim-o-brien-1818_awake_the-presence-of-danger-has-a-way-of-maki_1418960.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d83/tim-o-brien-1818_awake_the-presence-of-danger-has-a-way-of-maki_1418960.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d83/tim-o-brien-1818_awake_the-presence-of-danger-has-a-way-of-maki_1418960.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The presence of danger has a way of making you feel fully awake.” — Tim O'Brien", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A giddy feeling, in a way, except there was the dreamy edge of impossibility to it - like running a dead-end maze - no way out - it couldn't come to a happy conclusion and yet I was doing it anyway because it was all I could think of to do.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tim O'Brien" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/a-giddy-feeling-in-a-way-except-there-was-the-dreamy-edge-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/tim-o-brien-1818_conclusion_a-giddy-feeling-in-a-way-except-there-wa_1979635.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/tim-o-brien-1818_conclusion_a-giddy-feeling-in-a-way-except-there-wa_1979635.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/tim-o-brien-1818_conclusion_a-giddy-feeling-in-a-way-except-there-wa_1979635.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A giddy feeling, in a way, except there was the dreamy edge of impossibility to it - like running a dead-end…” — Tim O'Brien", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But I do like churches. 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It makes things vivid. When you’re afraid, really afraid, you see things you never saw before, you pay attention to the world. You make close friends. 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