“I was a coward. I went to the war.”
“I am a coward. I am a cowardly coward, full of cowardice.”
“I once went toe to toe with an international thumb war champion.”
“War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.”
“I would have married her before I went away to war too, just to make sure that someone else didn’t.”
“I went to work the next day out of curiosity, as people return to their villages after the war to see what is left.”