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I Had The Feeling That If I Encountered Anyone They Would Intuit My Disgrace And Would Judge Me Instantly. Nothing Is More Isolating Than Having A Particular History. At Least That's What I Thought. Now I Know: All Pain Is The Same. Only The Details Are Different.

The World Makes Liars Of Us All.

I Understood That 'the Yellow Birds' Would Be A Peculiar Representation Of The Experience Of Being At War. I Intended It To Be So.

My Personal Opinion Is That If Someone Writes Honestly About War, It Will Inherently Be Anti-war.

The War Came To Me In My Dreams And Showed Me Its Sole Purpose: To Go On, Only To Go On.