Quotes by Clint Van Winkle, Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Peace surfaced here. Hard to imagine a person finding peace through war, but no one finds peace in war—peace finds you. — Clint Van Winkle, Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
I wasn't writing home. I wasn't writing a death letter, either. I was writing a death journal, a piece of fiction meant — Clint Van Winkle, Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Most likely, they were writing the same type of macho bullshit that I wrote, trying to sound tough with their words in c — Clint Van Winkle, Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Unfortunately, just like bullets, you can never get words back once they have been sent out into the world. — Clint Van Winkle, Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
War becomes a part of you. It is a feeling just as much as an experience. If you can’t feel it, you weren’t paying atten — Clint Van Winkle, Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
I was enjoying the great human trophy hunt and, looking back, it scares the hell out of me — Clint Van Winkle, Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
I wanted to see my family, but didn't want to leave the other guys. The people waiting for us were strangers, even thoug — Clint Van Winkle, Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
No matter what the reason, the ways I tried to justify the situation, the second-guessing that lingered, nothing could c — Clint Van Winkle, Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
the shooting and killing weren’t as black-and-white as most people think. The actions live in that hazy area of blown-ap — Clint Van Winkle, Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Who supports the troops? The troops support the troops. — Clint Van Winkle, Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
I guess I was always looking for something. What it was, I didn’t know. I wanted help from the VA, but didn’t want to go — Clint Van Winkle, Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
I missed the war and the freedom that came with it. When you are that close to death, you feel free. Every breath you ta — Clint Van Winkle, Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
I wanted people to know that we fired rounds into moving trucks and open windows to survive, not for anyone else’s freed — Clint Van Winkle, Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Everyone acted like they knew so much about the war. But none of them really knew anything besides what they had learned — Clint Van Winkle, Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder