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Kevin Powers Quotes: "There is a sharp distinction between what is remembered, what is told and what is true."

There is a sharp distinction between what is remembered, what is told and what is true.



Kevin Powers Quotes: "I can't envision an honest war novel that left war in a positive light."

I can't envision an honest war novel that left war in a positive light.




Kevin Powers Quotes: "My personal opinion is that if someone writes honestly about war, it will inherently be anti-war."

My personal opinion is that if someone writes honestly about war, it will inherently be anti-war.



Kevin Powers Quotes: "It's not just: you get off the plane, you're back home, everything's fine. Maybe the physical danger ends, but soldiers are still deeply at risk of being injured in a different way."

It's not just: you get off the plane, you're back home, everything's fine. Maybe the physical danger ends, but soldiers are still deeply at risk of being injured in a different way.




Kevin Powers Quotes: "All choices are illusions, or if they are not illusions their strength is illusory, for one choice must contend with the choices of all the other men and women deciding anything in that moment."

All choices are illusions, or if they are not illusions their strength is illusory, for one choice must contend with the choices of all the other men and women deciding anything in that moment.



Kevin Powers Quotes: "As human beings, we have the blessing and the curse that we're able to adapt to almost anything. No matter how extreme the circumstances you're in, they become normal."

As human beings, we have the blessing and the curse that we're able to adapt to almost anything. No matter how extreme the circumstances you're in, they become normal.



Kevin Powers Quotes: "Freedom is not the same as lack of accountability."

Freedom is not the same as lack of accountability.




Kevin Powers Quotes: "I understood that 'The Yellow Birds' would be a peculiar representation of the experience of being at war. I intended it to be so."

I understood that 'The Yellow Birds' would be a peculiar representation of the experience of being at war. I intended it to be so.



Kevin Powers Quotes: "Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing."

Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing.



Kevin Powers Quotes: "The world makes liars of us all."

The world makes liars of us all.



Kevin Powers Quotes: "I knew that at least a few of the stars I saw were probably gone already, collapsed into nothing. I felt like I was looking at a lie. But I didn't mind. The world makes liars of us all."

I knew that at least a few of the stars I saw were probably gone already, collapsed into nothing. I felt like I was looking at a lie. But I didn't mind. The world makes liars of us all.



Kevin Powers Quotes: "The details of the world in which we live are always secondary to the fact that we must live in them."

The details of the world in which we live are always secondary to the fact that we must live in them.




Kevin Powers Quotes: "Michael Koryta's THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD is an absolutely thrilling read. I read most of it with my breath held, occasionally exhaling to ask myself, 'What will happen next?' I highly recommend it."

Michael Koryta's THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD is an absolutely thrilling read. I read most of it with my breath held, occasionally exhaling to ask myself, 'What will happen next?' I highly recommend it.



Kevin Powers Quotes: "I guess I find the boundaries between poetry and prose to be somewhat permeable."

I guess I find the boundaries between poetry and prose to be somewhat permeable.



Kevin Powers Quotes: "I've been writing poems and stories since I was about 13."

I've been writing poems and stories since I was about 13.



Kevin Powers Quotes: "One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of expectations that I had to take a standard path."

One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of expectations that I had to take a standard path.



Kevin Powers Quotes: "The war came to me in my dreams and showed me its sole purpose: to go on, only to go on."

The war came to me in my dreams and showed me its sole purpose: to go on, only to go on.



Kevin Powers Quotes: "In a lot of ways, the task at hand for any poem is to approach something that defies exactness or definition with a kind of exactness or precision."

In a lot of ways, the task at hand for any poem is to approach something that defies exactness or definition with a kind of exactness or precision.



Kevin Powers Quotes: "I'm always most interested in writing about things that I don't understand."

I'm always most interested in writing about things that I don't understand.



Kevin Powers Quotes: "All pain is the same. Only the details are different."

All pain is the same. Only the details are different.



Kevin Powers Quotes: "I understand that it's incredibly difficult to watch what's happening on the news every day and not become inured to it. I've fallen victim to that myself, wanting to look away."

I understand that it's incredibly difficult to watch what's happening on the news every day and not become inured to it. I've fallen victim to that myself, wanting to look away.



Kevin Powers Quotes: "But I remember being told that the truth does not depend on being believed."

But I remember being told that the truth does not depend on being believed.



Kevin Powers Quotes: "Writing was always an aspiration, but I'd kept it a secret even from myself."

Writing was always an aspiration, but I'd kept it a secret even from myself.



Kevin Powers Quotes: "Joining the military is not to be taken lightly. You're putting every part of yourself at risk, not just your body but your moral and spiritual centre."

Joining the military is not to be taken lightly. You're putting every part of yourself at risk, not just your body but your moral and spiritual centre.



Kevin Powers Quotes: "We were not destined to survive. The fact is, we were not destined at all. The war would take what it could get."

We were not destined to survive. The fact is, we were not destined at all. The war would take what it could get.