Ambush Quotes

“What fools we mortals are to think that the plans we make are anything more than a soap bubble blown against a hurricane, a frail and fleeting wish destined to burst.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“The only way you feel safe in a relationship is if you feel free to leave it.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“Wisdom is earned trench by trench, street by street, from one battle line to the next.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“God teaches forgiveness. But he first cleaned house.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“You can do everything for the right reasons, and still fuck it up.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“We always say live for today and don't waste time worrying about tomorrow. But what keeps us up at night is knowing that tomorrow is roaring down on us like a tsunami, and a lot of us don't know how to swim.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“A war in five senses. Blood, sweat, tears, dust, pain.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“I’ve heard that our happiness level remains mostly stable throughout our lives, no matter what happens. Win the lottery, and whatever happiness the money brings will fade. Lose a loved one, and we bounce back. According to the psychologists, we have a happiness set point. We don’t deviate too far from it. Maybe trauma was the same way.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“I never wanted to claim him. I just wanted to give him a life.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“Justice," I said, "What it means if justice.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“It is not over until God says it is over.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“Sooner or later, we all come to the ultimate contest, when it's just us and the devil. And the devil hates to lose.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“Find somewhere to put the fear, Rosie. A place inside where you don't have to look very often.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“Everyone is the hero of their own story.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“What had flowed not just under the bridge, but over it until the bridge was no longer even there.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“Maybe it's not you I'm afraid of." I touched a single lock of Dougie's hair, "Maybe it's me.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“Memories swirled through my head like leaves caught in a storm, urging me to a distant place, another time.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“There is no place in war for love. But I loved anyway.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“I've killed people. I've tortured people. Sometimes under orders. Sometimes to stay alive. I need to be clear on this, Sydney. So you know who I am.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“Marines don't cry.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“The problem with trauma is that it opens up a world of the possible you wish you'd never known about.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“The past leaps out without warning and grips you by the throat. Forget trying to stay on your feet. You can't even breathe.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“For his part, Clyde looked intently interested in chewing off Sarge's feet and then moving up to more sensitive areas. Max Udell was a lot more entertaining than a dental bone.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“When the dog has a chance to bite, he will.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“Most of us--maybe all of us--are broken in some way. Depending on who we are, those cracks can either let in the darkness or the light.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“Her husband had come home a hero. But he'd also come home with memory issues, a limp, PTSD, and a huge ration of cynicism that he hadn't had before.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“But if there's anything I've learned, it's that life will explode one land mine after another, even when all you're trying to do is walk from the couch to the refrigerator.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“Clyde wasn't the least bit concerned about his image. He could switch from tongue to teeth in an instant.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“He looked like a kid who'd reached the front of the line at the ice cream truck.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush

“Hope is not a game plan.”
― Barbara Nickless, Ambush