I enjoyed reading how war was described in "How To Tell A True War Story," as the opposite of what everyone that has not experienced war expects.
"War is hell, but that's not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love."
"It can be argued, for instance, that war is grotesque. But in truth war is also beauty."
I was taken by the above passages. I was especially taken by this idea that when a soldier is close to death, they are even closer to life and in that strange way, war can be distantly beautiful. When a person is put in a place full of such horror, they are bound to focus on the details that help them escape.
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