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Joining the military is not to be taken lightly. You're putting every part of yourself at risk, not just your body but your moral and spiritual centre.

From Kevin Powers

I understood that 'The Yellow Birds' would be a peculiar representation of the experience of being at war. I intended it to be so.

From Kevin Powers

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

From Kevin Powers

Writing was always an aspiration, but I'd kept it a secret even from myself.

From Kevin Powers

The male role models I had all seemed to have been in the military. My father served in the army. My uncle was in the Marine Corps. Both of my grandfathers served in WWII. There weren't any career soldiers in my family, but when I was young it seemed like a way of arriving at adulthood.

From Kevin Powers

I've been writing poems and stories since I was about 13.

From Kevin Powers

I'm always most interested in writing about things that I don't understand.

From Kevin Powers

I know that the writers I read and admire all have an influence on my work, but trying to determine to what degree any particular piece of input changes the way I think about writing seems counterproductive.

From Kevin Powers

As human beings, we have the blessing and the curse that we're able to adapt to almost anything. No matter how extreme the circumstances you're in, they become normal.

From Kevin Powers

Noises and smells, those can bring back powerful memories. I remember when I was going to school one Fourth of July, and there were a lot of fireworks going off. I knew that I was in Richmond. I knew that I was a college student. But I thought people were shooting at me.

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