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Chris Cleave (born 1973) is a British writer and journalist.

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I wanted to look at the differences between how we fought then and how we fight now, because the current lack of closure generates a state of psychological unease that is interesting to acknowledge and examine.

Fighting, Differences, Interesting, Fought, Closure

I am a woman built upon the wreckage of myself.

Built, Woman, Wreckage

This is the forked tongue of grief again. It whispers in one ear: return to what you once loved best, and in the other ear it whispers, move on.

Ears, Grief, Move, Moving, Return

I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that of an athlete.

Athlete, Character, Decision, Extreme, Like, Tough

Would we be the heroes or the cowards of the piece? Would we follow orders or stick to our principles, if those two things ever conflicted? Would we be the brave ones who still found the capacity for love - and for laughter - even while we were terrified?

Brave, Hero, Laughter, Order, Orders, Piece

I think that there's something extremely beautiful about the Olympic ideal and its motto - 'Swifter, higher, stronger' - it's such a beautiful motto, and it celebrates everything which is the antithesis of death and dissolution and entropy.

Antithesis, Beautiful, Extremely, Higher, Stronger, Thinking

It is easier for a rich person to act on their principles than it is for someone with fewer choices (which is why it is all the more disappointing when a wealthy person plays to the crowd).

Choices, Disappointing, Easier, Play, Principles, Wealthy

Sometimes we don't notice that someone is being brave, because they are only doing something that seems quite easy for us.

Brave, Easy, Notice, Quite, Sometimes

We cannot choose where to start and stop. Our stories are the tellers of us.

Choose, Start, Stop, Stories, Tellers

Nobody has the time to sit down and explain the first world from first principles.

Down And, Explain, Principles, World

Even for a girl like me, then, there comes a day when she can stop surviving and start living. To survive, you have to look good or talk good. But to end your story well-- here is the truth-- you have to talk yourself out of it.

Girl, Looks, Stories, Story, Surviving, Talk

I think that the relationship between two top-level athletes who are rivals is one of the most fascinating human relationships to explore. It's always one atom away from being a tragedy.

Athlete, Atom, Relationships, Think, Thinking, Two

I think, in common with a lot of novelists, I wasn't the most athletic guy at school.

Athletic, Guy, School, Think, Thinking

If I could not smile, I think my situation would be even more serious.

Serious, Situation, Smile, Think, Thinking, Would Be

We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, 'I survived'.

Dying, Mean, Okay, Secret, Take

We don't know our hearts until life puts us to the test, and WWII fascinates because it was the last time everyone was simultaneously pushed to their limit.

Heart, Hearts, Know, Lasts, Test, Tests

Courage is a muscle that develops through use. It's no use waiting for some inner fire to conveniently become apparent at the moment of crisis - that's cartoon stuff.

Apparent, Cartoon, Fire, Inner, Muscle, Waiting

In my world death will come chasing. In your world it will start whispering in your ear to destroy yourself. I know this because it started whispering to me when I was in the detention center.

Center, Ears, Start, Whispering, World

A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.

Doe, Dying, Mean, Scar, Survived

Life is extremely short and you cannot dance to current affairs.

Affair, Current Affairs, Dance, Extremely, Life Is, Short

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