Tim O'Brien Quotes

They Did Not Submit To The Obvious Alternative, Which Was Simply To Close The Eyes And Fall. So Easy, Really. Go Limp And Tumble To The Ground And Let The Muscles Unwind And Not Speak And Not Budge Until Your Buddies Picked You Up And Lifted You Into The Chopper That Would Roar And Dip Its Nose And Carry You Off To The World. A Mere Matter Of Falling, Yet No One Ever Fell. It Was Not Courage, Exactly; The Object Was Not Valor. Rather, They Were Too Frightened To Be Cowards.

Tim O'Brien Quotes: They Did Not Submit To The Obvious Alternative, Which Was Simply To Close The Eyes And Fall. So Easy, Really.

Tim O'Brien Quotes: They Did Not Submit To The Obvious Alternative, Which Was Simply To Close The Eyes And Fall. So Easy, Really.

Tim O'Brien Quotes: They Did Not Submit To The Obvious Alternative, Which Was Simply To Close The Eyes And Fall. So Easy, Really.

Tim O'Brien Quotes: They Did Not Submit To The Obvious Alternative, Which Was Simply To Close The Eyes And Fall. So Easy, Really.

Tim O'Brien Quotes: They Did Not Submit To The Obvious Alternative, Which Was Simply To Close The Eyes And Fall. So Easy, Really.

Tim O'Brien Quotes: They Did Not Submit To The Obvious Alternative, Which Was Simply To Close The Eyes And Fall. So Easy, Really.

Tim O'Brien Quotes: They Did Not Submit To The Obvious Alternative, Which Was Simply To Close The Eyes And Fall. So Easy, Really.

Tim O'Brien Quotes: They Did Not Submit To The Obvious Alternative, Which Was Simply To Close The Eyes And Fall. So Easy, Really.

Tim O'Brien Quotes: They Did Not Submit To The Obvious Alternative, Which Was Simply To Close The Eyes And Fall. So Easy, Really.

Tim O'Brien Quotes: They Did Not Submit To The Obvious Alternative, Which Was Simply To Close The Eyes And Fall. So Easy, Really.

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