David Finkel quotes:

He is a true casualty of battle. There's not a physical scar, but look at the man's heart, and his head, and there are scars galore.

The thought that the bullet has already been fired at each of us and it is only a matter of time when it will hit, brings comfort to some and terror to others.

It's a thin line between what we're calling acceptable and not acceptable. As a leader, you're supposed to know when not to cross it. But how do you know? Does the army teach us how to control our emotions? Does the army teach us how to deal with a friend bleeding out in front of you? No.

To hear them laugh was to hear that everything was all right, but to see them laugh was to see otherwise