Alive Quote by Barbara Nickless

““It's your job, Marine, to stay alive. If that means getting comfortable with your inner darkness, then that's what you do.””

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“There's so much pain in the house it's like being wrapped in plastic.”

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“We’ve all been at least a little broken by the world. But the world only notices when we try to hurt it back.”

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“Those who are the least guilty are the ones who feel most at fault.”

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“Ask most people in America what “normal” is, and they’ll tell you it’s a roof and three squares a day. It’s a decent job…

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“You could throw everything you had at a problem—firepower, manpower, logistical support. You could get a lot of really smart people working on it.…

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“I've spent too much of my life trying to leave the past behind. But the past is a leech. Digs its head into you…

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“Someone once told me you can take the boy out of the war. But not the war out of the man.”

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“And I ran hard into a truth I’d known since Iraq. You could throw everything you had at a problem—firepower, manpower, logistical support. You…

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“What we did over there? That's the lie.”

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“motes of dust had begun drifting back to earth like startled birds returning to roost. In the thinning haze, law enforcement continued to arrive…

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“We are part of what society can't bear to remember. Because if they really think about it, if they really look at us and…

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“But don’t be afraid. It’s just God rearranging the clouds.”

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If Jovan Belcher didn't possess a gun, he and Kasandra Perkins would both be alive today.

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I think adoption becomes complicated whenever the biological parents are alive.

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The pain of love is the pain of being alive. It is a perpetual wound.

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