Quotes by : Kevin Powers

Freedom is not the same as lack of accountability.

There is a sharp distinction between what is remembered, what is told and what is true.

I wanted something that I could look back on and say, yes, you were fighting too, you burned to be alive,....

I've come to accept that parts of life are constant, that just because something happens on two different....

When we neared the orchard a flock of birds lit from its outer rows. They hadn't been there long. The....

All choices are illusions, or if they are not illusions their strength is illusory, for one choice must....

I can't envision an honest war novel that left war in a positive light.

I understood that 'The Yellow Birds' would be a peculiar representation of the experience of being at....

I looked out the window and saw the street and railroad tracks, the woods beyond. Beyond the woods, the....

We were not destined to survive. The fact is, we were not destined at all. The war would take what it....

My personal opinion is that if someone writes honestly about war, it will inherently be anti-war.