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Tim O’Brien Quotes: It’s not just the embarrassment of tears. That’s…

It's not just the embarrassment of tears. That's part of it, no doubt, but what embarrasses me much more, and always will, is the paralysis that took my heart. A moral freeze: I couldn't decide, I couldn't act, I couldn't comport myself with even a pretense of modest human dignity.

("The Things They Carried")

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