Have you noticed," said John, "how countries call theirs 'sovereign nuclear deterrents,' but call the other countries' ones 'weapons of mass destruction'?
David MitchellTag: war bombs weapons-of-mass-destruction nuclear wmd
My mother used to say that rain here pours like a blessing, like a thick veil that parts to reveal the bride's face. But nearly every day, when this rain parted, it revealed a long line of soldiers, like you, like death, marching toward us, and we would scatter with a practiced silence and hide.
Mia KirshnerTag: war rain death soldiers refugees burma
The adjacent shores resounded with the alternate shouts of the sons of liberty and the groans of their parting spirits.
William ApessNo matter how far from the war we run, it always catches up with us.
Scott WesterfeldFor how many generations now had his people been turning their backs on things? How long had they sat in their living rooms and watched other people die?
Clare B. DunkleTag: war entertainment media game-shows reality-television
Was there ever a war where only one side bled?
George R.R. MartinThis was one of the casualties of war, that trust itself seemed to die a thousand deaths.
Eric MetaxasTag: war consequences
ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
Ambrose BierceTag: humor war clothing armor blacksmith
Risk is the factor of a stratagem measured by what man is powerless to control.
Mike NortonTag: power war fate strategy risk control destiny measure powerlessness powerless equation factor stratagem
..when a war ends, what does that look like exactly?
do the cells in the body stop detonating themselves?
does the orphanage stop screaming for its mother?
when the sand in the desert has been melted down to glass
and our reflection is not something we can stand to look at
does the white flag make for a perfect blindfold?
yesterday i was told a story
about this little girl in Iraq, six-years-old,
who cannot fall asleep
because when she does
she dreams of nothing
but the day she watched her dog
eat her neighbor's corpse.
if you told her war is over
do you think she can sleep?
Tag: war
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