Tim O’Brien Quotes

It’s very hard to articulate the things that are important about writing. Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

It’s very hard to articulate the things that are important about writing.

— Tim O'Brien

Even now, as I write this, I can still feel that tightness. Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

Even now, as I write this, I can still feel that tightness.

— Tim O'Brien

Once someone’s dead you can’t make them undead. Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

Once someone’s dead you can’t make them undead.

— Tim O'Brien

Everyone acts stupid at some time in order to be loved. Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

Everyone acts stupid at some time in order to be loved.

— Tim O'Brien

Linda was nine then, as I was, but we were in love… Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

Linda was nine then, as I was, but we were in love…

— Tim O'Brien

Let the story tell itself. Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

Let the story tell itself.

— Tim O'Brien

What would you do? Would you jump? Would you feel pity for Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

What would you do? Would you jump? Would you feel pity for

— Tim O'Brien

I did not set out to write another novel. One day I Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

I did not set out to write another novel. One day I

— Tim O'Brien

(“I love you,” someone says, and instantly we begin to wonder – “ Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

(“I love you,” someone says, and instantly we begin to wonder – “

— Tim O'Brien

… when he kissed her, she received the kiss without returning it, her Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

… when he kissed her, she received the kiss without returning it, her

— Tim O'Brien

Everything was such a damned nice idea when it was an idea. Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

Everything was such a damned nice idea when it was an idea.

— Tim O'Brien

All that peace, man, if felt so good it hurt. I want to hurt it back. Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

All that peace, man, if felt so good it hurt. I want to hurt it back.

— Tim O'Brien

It wasn’t a question of deceit. Just the opposite; he wanted to Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

It wasn’t a question of deceit. Just the opposite; he wanted to

— Tim O'Brien

But the thing about remembering is that you don’t forget. Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

But the thing about remembering is that you don’t forget.

— Tim O'Brien

Inside I feel much like a 12-year-old or a 17-year-old who knows big words. Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

Inside I feel much like a 12-year-old or a 17-year-old who knows big words.

— Tim O'Brien

The goal, I suppose, any fiction writer has, no matter what your Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

The goal, I suppose, any fiction writer has, no matter what your

— Tim O'Brien

In any war story, but especially a true one, it’s difficult to Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

In any war story, but especially a true one, it’s difficult to

— Tim O'Brien

Did I choose this life of illusion? Don’t be mad. My bed was made, I just lied in it. Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

Did I choose this life of illusion? Don’t be mad. My bed was made, I just lied in it.

— Tim O'Brien

What happened, and what might have happened? Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

What happened, and what might have happened?

— Tim O'Brien

You can tell a true war story if it embarrasses you. If Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

You can tell a true war story if it embarrasses you. If

— Tim O'Brien

A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may

— Tim O'Brien

Well, right now I’m not dead. But when I am, it’s like… Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

Well, right now I’m not dead. But when I am, it’s like…

— Tim O'Brien

Stories are for joining the past to the future. Stories are for Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

Stories are for joining the past to the future. Stories are for

— Tim O'Brien

I was a coward. I went to the war. Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

I was a coward. I went to the war.

— Tim O'Brien

By telling stories, you objectify your own experience. You separate it from Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

By telling stories, you objectify your own experience. You separate it from

— Tim O'Brien

Life is never all one thing. It bounces around. Certainly, my own life has. Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

Life is never all one thing. It bounces around. Certainly, my own life has.

— Tim O'Brien

We are fascinated, all of us, by the implacable otherness of others. Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

We are fascinated, all of us, by the implacable otherness of others.

— Tim O'Brien

But in a story I can steal her soul. Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

But in a story I can steal her soul.

— Tim O'Brien

With a hangover and with fear, it is difficult to put a helmet on your head. Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

With a hangover and with fear, it is difficult to put a helmet on your head.

— Tim O'Brien

It’s not just the embarrassment of tears. That’s part of it, no Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

It’s not just the embarrassment of tears. That’s part of it, no

— Tim O'Brien

Men killed, and died, because they were embarrassed not to. Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

Men killed, and died, because they were embarrassed not to.

— Tim O'Brien

For Rat Kiley, I think, facts were formed by sensation, not the Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

For Rat Kiley, I think, facts were formed by sensation, not the

— Tim O'Brien

Fiction, maybe art in general, is a tentative, uncertain enterprise; it’s not Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

Fiction, maybe art in general, is a tentative, uncertain enterprise; it’s not

— Tim O'Brien

In any war story, but especially a true one, it’s difficult to Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

In any war story, but especially a true one, it’s difficult to

— Tim O'Brien

I’m skimming across the surface of my own history, moving fast, riding Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

I’m skimming across the surface of my own history, moving fast, riding

— Tim O'Brien

In war you lose your sense of the definite, hence your sense Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

In war you lose your sense of the definite, hence your sense

— Tim O'Brien

It was very sad, he thought. The things men carried inside. The Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

It was very sad, he thought. The things men carried inside. The

— Tim O'Brien

I live in my head all day long and the world is a little dreamy. Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

I live in my head all day long and the world is a little dreamy.

— Tim O'Brien

I cannot remember much, I cannot feel much. Maybe erasure is necessary. Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

I cannot remember much, I cannot feel much. Maybe erasure is necessary.

— Tim O'Brien

They did not submit to the obvious alternative, which was simply to Tim O’Brien Picture Quote

They did not submit to the obvious alternative, which was simply to

— Tim O'Brien

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