“YOU'VE NEVER LIVED UNTIL YOU'VE ALMOST DIED . . .

I always read that this quote originated in the Vietnam War, found on the back of a C ration carton during the siege for Khe Sanh.




Recently, I became aware that this quote is attributed to the French writer Guy de Maupassant - his writings often denote the futility of war and the innocent civilians who get crushed in it - many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s.


I'll have to look up his stuff. I once read a French novel - in French - damn near scrambled my brain. This guy sounds a little more lucid than your average Frog.

- STORMBRINGER SENDS


P.S. Thanks Sue - you wrote today's post! -S.L.