I had never dreamed of being a soldier; I had never fired a gun. I was not, nor ever had been, a fighter of… — Nicholas Sparks
I had never dreamed of being a soldier; I had never fired a gun. I was not, nor ever had been, a fighter of any sort, but even so, I loved my country, and I spent much of that year trying to imagine a future distorted by war.
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