Tim O'Brien: "Mereka membawa semua beban emosi pria yang mungkin mati....

"Mereka membawa semua beban emosi pria yang mungkin mati. Kesedihan, teror, cinta, kerinduan - ini tidak berwujud, tetapi tidak berwujud memiliki massa dan gravitasi spesifik mereka sendiri, mereka memiliki bobot nyata. Mereka membawa kenangan memalukan. Mereka membawa rahasia umum pengecut .... Orang-orang membunuh, dan mati, karena mereka malu untuk tidak melakukannya."

--- Tim O'Brien

Versi Bahasa Inggris

They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing--these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity, they had tangible weight. They carried shameful memories. They carried the common secret of cowardice.... Men killed, and died, because they were embarrassed not to.