67 Quotes by Barbara Nickless

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 realize the cost we've paid to keep them safe. They can't live with the guilt.

War was the longest period of my life. I was twenty when I enlisted. But by the time I mustered out three years later, I felt ninety.

A war in five senses. Blood, sweat, tears, dust, pain.

There is no place in war for love. But I loved anyway.

You get to the point where you're just empty. Empty of feelings and thoughts. Of bone and flesh and blood. Empty of hope and despair. You aren't dead. But you aren't living, either.

The past leaps out without warning and grips you by the throat. Forget trying to stay on your feet. You can't even breathe.

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 and sucks your blood until it leaves you dry.

Most of us--maybe all of us--are broken in some way. Depending on who we are, those cracks can either let in the darkness or the light.

Maybe it's not you I'm afraid of." I touched a single lock of Dougie's hair, "Maybe it's me.