Tim O'Brien Quote

Right then, with the shore so close, I understood that I would not do what I should do. I would not swim away from my hometown and my country and my life. I would not be brave.


The Things They Carried (1990) - On the Rainy River


Right then, with the shore so close, I understood that I would not do what I should do. I would not swim away from my hometown and my country and my...

Right then, with the shore so close, I understood that I would not do what I should do. I would not swim away from my hometown and my country and my...

Right then, with the shore so close, I understood that I would not do what I should do. I would not swim away from my hometown and my country and my...

Right then, with the shore so close, I understood that I would not do what I should do. I would not swim away from my hometown and my country and my...