This helpful war. It makes us better people and then it tries to kill us.

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A quote by Stephen King says: "This helpful war. It makes us better people and then it tries to kill us. And we think, 'Well, what's the use?' and we surrender and go home. Then we forget and we try again.

And the war kills us again. We keep trying and trying and trying, and we're dead."

Source: Everyone Brave Is Forgiven

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