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21 " Entropy is only ever tamed by the counteracting investment of active energy to bring some order and structure to your week. "
― David Finkel
22 " He has an aide, paid for by the VA, who helps him with his leg brace, his arm brace, his hand brace, his clothing, his shoes that she double-knots, his medications, and his food. Sometimes, when she takes him to lunch in the nearby town, he asks her to dress him in a T-shirt that says “What Have You Done for Your Country?” on the front and “I Took a Bullet in the Head for Mine” on the back, so people who stare at him won't think they're looking at the results of some drunk in a car wreck. "
― David Finkel , Thank You for Your Service
23 " Let’s talk about habituation, "
24 " He knew America, and even though he hadn't been there in fifteen years, he knew what its soldiers liked because of what one of them had written on the door of a metal locker that was in the room he'd been given to live in. "Sex, potato soup, and Johnny Cash," it said. "
― David Finkel , The Good Soldiers