“There was no center to the world. The curves of all our bells are cracked.” — Kevin Powers Bells Copy Share Image
“For one brief incalculable moment we were not brave or afraid.” — Kevin Powers Brave Copy Share Image
The war came to me in my dreams and showed me its sole purpose: to go on, only to go on. — Kevin Powers Dream Copy Share Image
To understand the world, one’s place in it, is to be always at the risk of drowning. — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
My personal opinion is that if someone writes honestly about war, it will inherently be anti-war, — Kevin Powers Anti war Copy Share Image
I can't envision an honest war novel that left war in a positive light. — Kevin Powers Books Copy Share Image
“Her grief was dignified and hidden, as is most grief, which is partly why there is always so much of it to… — Kevin Powers Grief Copy Share Image
There is a sharp distinction between what is remembered, what is told and what is true. — Kevin Powers Distinction Copy Share Image
“I smelled the clean house and the wood-frame bed. It was all filler. The noise, the sound, they existed just to take… — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
“I've come to accept that parts of life are constant, that just because something happens on two different days doesn't make it… — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of… — Kevin Powers Expectations Copy Share Image
As human beings, we have the blessing and the curse that we're able to adapt to almost anything. No matter how extreme… — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
“Nothing is more isolating than having a particular history. At least that's what I thought. Now I know: All pain is the… — Kevin Powers History Copy Share Image
I know that the writers I read and admire all have an influence on my work, but trying to determine to what… — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
“And I understood why he came and why I couldn't go, not just then at least, because one never knows if what… — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
I understood that 'The Yellow Birds' would be a peculiar representation of the experience of being at war. I intended it to… — Kevin Powers Army Copy Share Image
I wanted something that I could look back on and say, yes, you were fighting too, you burned to be alive, and… — Kevin Powers Accidents Copy Share Image
“I understood. Being from a place where a few facts are enough to define you, where a few habits can fill a… — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
Noises and smells, those can bring back powerful memories. I remember when I was going to school one Fourth of July, and… — Kevin Powers College Copy Share Image
“A report had asked us what combat felt like...It's like a car accident. You know? That instant between knowing that it's gonna… — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
I think a diversity of expression can only be good, so I think the more that people write about their experience, use… — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
The male role models I had all seemed to have been in the military. My father served in the army. My uncle… — Kevin Powers Adulthood Copy Share Image
“Towards parties and the banks of streams and ponds, along which young boys would pace out hours in silence after taking the… — Kevin Powers Prayer Copy Share Image
“It's lovely to think that snow can be special. we're always told it is. Of all those million million flakes that fall,… — Kevin Powers Introspection Copy Share Image
The details of the world in which we live are always secondary to the fact that we must live in them. — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
“We'd had small lives, populated by a longing for something more substantial than dirt roads and small dreams.” — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
“And what did it mean that this choice was an illusion, that all choices are illusions, or that if they are not… — Kevin Powers Illusions Copy Share Image
Joining the military is not to be taken lightly. You're putting every part of yourself at risk, not just your body but… — Kevin Powers Body Copy Share Image
“I didn't want to be responsible for him. I had enough to worry about. I was disintegrating, too. How was I supposed… — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
All choices are illusions, or if they are not illusions their strength is illusory, for one choice must contend with the choices… — Kevin Powers Choice Copy Share Image
Michael Koryta's THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD is an absolutely thrilling read. I read most of it with my breath held, occasionally… — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
It reminded me of talking, how what is said is never quite what was thought, and what is heard is never quite… — Kevin Powers Comfort Copy Share Image
The war tried to kill us in the spring. As grass greened the plains of Nineveh and the weather warmed, we patrolled… — Kevin Powers Cities Copy Share Image
