“What young men like this soldier – sons of women like herself – were doing today, had done last night, and would continue to do until the final victory was won, Haskell knew would help ensure the gift of freedom for her own son and countless generations not yet born. For the young soldiers who would never return home, children such as Haskell’s ten-year-old son, Carl, would be their spiritual progeny. The freedom for which these men would pay dearly, even with their lives, would be their legacy to the future.”
– “And if I Perish: Frontline US Army Nurses in WWII.”

“…I saw the tears in her eyes. I understood then that war was a special sorrow for mothers – mothers of all countries, who have to sit at home and wait for their sons to come home…”
– Genevieve Duboscq, “My Longest Night”

“What a person knows about the past is limited, and will always be limited, to what they are told by others.”
– T. Westover, “Educated”