Tim O'Brien

For me, at least, Vietnam was partly love. With each step, each light-year of a second, a foot soldier is always almost dead, or so it feels, and in such circumstances, you can't help but love.

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These are some quotes by American author Tim O'Brien Author, who was born on October 1, 1946.

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Above all, a well-imagined story is organized around extraordinary human behaviors and unexpected and startling events, which help illuminate the commonplace and the ordinary.

Tim O'Brien

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I didn't get into writing to make money or get famous or any of that. I got into it to hit hearts, and man, when I get letters not just from the soldiers but from their kids, especially their kids, it makes it all worthwhile.

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My life is storytelling. I believe in stories, in their incredible power to keep people alive, to keep the living alive, and the dead.

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