Small Truths and Other Lies -ebook Quotes

“First, you find out that you can lie straight faced to get out of some forced march or run or something. Then, you find out that you can steal, as long as it's not from your own platoon. Finally, you end up like Jinji, wearing dead man's boots and not thinking too much about it."
Dead Man's Boots”
― Oren Shafir, Small Truths and Other Lies -ebook

“Maybe everything is my fault. Maybe, you know, before I was born, everything was perfect. Like maybe, the Jews and the Arabs got along, for example. Then, I was born, and the Arabs said, 'Another Jew? How much do they expect us to tolerate?' So, they attacked."
From The Almost Man”
― Oren Shafir, Small Truths and Other Lies -ebook