Brian Turner Quotes & Sayings

Because here, Bullet,
here is where the world ends, every time. — Brian Turner

Believe it when you see it.
Believe it when a twelve-year-old rolls a grenade into the room. — Brian Turner

Open the hurt locker and see what there is of knives and teeth.
Open the hurt locker and learn how rough men come hunting for souls. — Brian Turner

The scar said - that which is written in the flesh is irrefutable. This is the mark of a man. This is what it takes. — Brian Turner

It should make you shake and sweat,
nightmare you, strand you in the desert
of irrevocable desolation, the consequences
seared into the vein, no matter what adrenaline
feeds the muscle its courage, no matter
what god shines down on you, no matter
what crackling pain and anger
you carry in your fists, my friend,
it should break your heart to kill. — Brian Turner

Has this year made me a better lover?
Will I understand something of hardship,
of loss, will a lover sense this
in my kiss or touch? What do I know
of redemption or sacrifice, what will I have
to say of the dead - that it was it worth it,
that any of it made sense?
I have no words to speak of war. — Brian Turner