What are quotes for the novel In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien?

Answer 1

CHILDHOOD

• 'THAT PANSY MAGIC CRAP. WHAT'S WRONG WITH Baseball, SOME REGULAR EXERCISE'
• 'HE WANTED TO TAKE A HAMMER AND CRAWL INTO THE CASKET AND KILL HIS FATHER FOR DYING'
• 'JIGGLY JOHN'
• 'THIRTY-EIGHT BUCKS! THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF BACON FAT'
• 'HE LOVED HIS FATHER LIKE CRAZY'
• 'POWER WAS THE THING ABOUT MAGIC'

VIETNAM

• 'JOHN WADE WENT TO WAR, NOT TO HURT OR BE HURT, NOT TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN, A HERO, OR MORAL MAN. ONLY FOR LOVE. ONLY TO BE LOVED.'
• 'KILL JESUS'
• 'THE NICKNAME WAS LIKE A SPECIAL BADGE, AN EMBLEM OF BELONGING AND BROTHERHOOD…'
• U'KILL ANYTHING THAT BREATHED'

JOHN & KATHY

• 'HE WANTED TO OPEN UP HER BELLY AND CRAWL INSIDE AND STAY THERE FOREVER'
• 'NOTHING COULD EVER BE SURE, NOT IF YOU SPIED FOREVER'
• 'ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS ZERO'
• 'A GODDAM BABY. IT'S ALL I WANTED'
• 'THE URGENCY CAME FROM FEAR… HE DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE HER'
• 'SOMETHING'S WRONG. I'VE DONE THINGS… UGLY THINGS' (KATHY ATTEMPTS TO IGNORE JOHN)
• 'JOHN NEEDED UNCONDITIONAL LOVE LIKE A HUNGER THAT WAS NEVER SATISFIED'

POLITICS

• 'POLITICS WAS MANIPULATION. LIKE A MAGIC SHOW'
• HIS 'UNAPPEASABLE… NEED FOR AFFECTION, POWER AND ACHIEVEMENT'
• 'OBLITERATE… INNER PAIN'

MAGIC

• 'IT WASN'T AFFECTION, NOT QUITE, BUT IT WAS THE NEXT CLOSEST THING' (JOHN ON MAGIC)
• 'THIS COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED, THEREFORE IT DID NOT'