Because it's all relative. You're pinned down in some filthy hellhole of a paddy, getting your ass delivered to kingdom come, but then for a few seconds everything goes quiet and you look up and see the sun and a few puffy white clouds, and the immense serenity flashes against your eyeballs-the whole world gets rearranged-and even though you're pinned down by a war you never felt more at peace. What
( Tim O'Brien )
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