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Fallen Angels
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"Fallen Angels" Quotes

"Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers follows a young African American soldier's harrowing experiences and moral challenges during the Vietnam War.

Quotes

You can't run from the war, Perry. You can't run from the way things are.

Walter Dean Myers

waracceptance

You get so you can't tell, really, what's good or bad.

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confusionmorality

I didn't have anything to say. I just wanted to get back home.

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homesickness

I guess it's better to die that way. Quick and clean.

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deathacceptance

It's our own people who are the enemy.

Walter Dean Myers

betrayal

You can't let the war become personal.

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waremotional detachment

I don't want to fight a war, but it's not up to me.

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warduty

I was scared all the time, but it wasn't any good to show it.

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fearbravery

We're all just meat for the grinder.

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warsacrifice

You can't tell who's on your side, and who's not.

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trustuncertainty