Showing posts with label Vietnam War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vietnam War. Show all posts

Monday, February 10, 2020

Thoughts on Born on the Fourth of July

via The Fan Carpet

"Sometimes I wish, I wish I'd - The first time I got hit, I was shot in the foot. I could have laid down, I mean - who gives a fuck now if I was a hero or not? I was paralyzed, castrated that day; why? It was all so - stupid! I'd have my dick and my balls now, and some days, Timmy - some days I think I'd give everything I believe in - everything I got, all my values, just to have my body back again, just to be whole again. But I'm not whole; I never will be, and that's - that's the way it is, isn't it?"
" ... For Christ's sake, Ronnie, it's your birthday. You're alive. You made it! Smile."