Wilfrid Sheed Quotes on Character
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Mankind has always made too much of its saints and heroes, and how the latter handle the fuss might be called their final test.
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Unlike most wars, which make rotten fiction in themselves - all plot and no characters, or made-up characters - Vietnam seems to be the perfect mix: the characters make the war, and the war unmakes the characters. The gods, fates, furies had a relatively small hand in it. The mess was man-made, a synthetic, by think tank out of briefing session.
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Off she'd go to the hospital, a place I believe she secretly liked because they treat you like a child there.