“Either ghosts are a metaphor for history, or history is a metaphor for ghosts.”
Quelle: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 133
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“Either ghosts are a metaphor for history, or history is a metaphor for ghosts.”
Quelle: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 133
Quelle: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 158
Quelle: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 152
“The fires of history burn hot and long, but memories of fires do not burn long enough.”
Quelle: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 148
“I almost don’t believe in ghosts.”
She was stating part of the problem. If ghosts are a metaphor for history, then belief is a leap into reality. If history is a metaphor for ghosts, matters get really serious.
Quelle: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 148
“I now knew what it was, but just because you can name a thing does not mean you understand it.”
Quelle: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 145
Quelle: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 145
Quelle: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 142
Quelle: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 141
Evil is a force in the universe, a force using any weakness it finds to do its dirt; and with Evil, Hell is just a sideline.
Quelle: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 134
“Courage, combined with stupidity, does not make successful soldiers.”
Quelle: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 133
“Men build all kinds of worlds in order to defeat fear and loneliness.”
Quelle: The Night We Buried Road Dog (1993), p. 502
“It’s no big job to fool yourself.”
Quelle: The Night We Buried Road Dog (1993), p. 494
It got downright mystifying just trying to figure out which was worse. At nineteen, it’s hard to know how to act.
Quelle: The Night We Buried Road Dog (1993), p. 463