Chief Boden Quotes

#1. I didn't suffer from PTSD, but I changed. People change in life, and not just because of war. I saw this in life before the military, and over and over again during the thirty-one years I served. We can't expect people to stay the same forever; we need to respect those changes.

Valerie Ormond

#2. People say that if you don't love America, then get the hell out. Well, I love America.

Ron Kovic

#3. After all, a creature without passionate conviction doesn't cling to extremes. He surveys the scenery and makes sure his outfit doesn't clash.

Frank Bruni

#4. I like radically cutting into the painting, inserting these paper birds, and then trying to figure out how to believe in it.

Ellen Gallagher

#5. Let those possess the land, and only those,
Who love it with a love so strong and stupid
That they may be abused and taken advantage of
And made fun of by business, law, and art ...

Robert Frost

#6. I was so tired of this ceaseless, day-to-day tug-of-war between my hormones and my head, my vanity and my virtue. I felt very much as though I were caught in the middle of some dreadful battle in which taking a side of my own would mean certain misery in either case.

Emily Tomko