Erik Quotes in If I Die in a Combat Zone
“Mama has been kissed good-bye, we’ve grabbed our rifles, we’re ready for war. All this not because of conviction or ideology; rather it’s from fear of society’s censure […] Fear of weakness. Fear that to avoid war is to avoid manhood.”
We laughed. We congratulated ourselves. We felt smart. And later—much later—we wondered if maybe Blyton hadn’t won a big victory that night.
We stood straight up, in a row, as if it were a contest. I confronted the profile of a human being through my sight. It did not occur to me that a man would die when I pulled the trigger of that rifle.
I neither hated the man nor wanted him dead, but I did fear him.
Needless to say, I am uncomfortable in my thoughts toady. Perhaps it’s that I know I will leave this place alive and I need to suffer for that.
But, more likely, what I see is evil.
Erik Quotes in If I Die in a Combat Zone
“Mama has been kissed good-bye, we’ve grabbed our rifles, we’re ready for war. All this not because of conviction or ideology; rather it’s from fear of society’s censure […] Fear of weakness. Fear that to avoid war is to avoid manhood.”
We laughed. We congratulated ourselves. We felt smart. And later—much later—we wondered if maybe Blyton hadn’t won a big victory that night.
We stood straight up, in a row, as if it were a contest. I confronted the profile of a human being through my sight. It did not occur to me that a man would die when I pulled the trigger of that rifle.
I neither hated the man nor wanted him dead, but I did fear him.
Needless to say, I am uncomfortable in my thoughts toady. Perhaps it’s that I know I will leave this place alive and I need to suffer for that.
But, more likely, what I see is evil.
