Winter Soldier

"Peace is harder than war."

"I'm fighting a war I can't win against myself."

"Success is just survival with a better name."

"I don't dream. I remember."

"Money can buy power but not redemption."

"Health is freedom I took for granted."

"Adventure is what you make of running for your life."

"Imagination was my only escape."

"Happiness is knowing you're not a weapon anymore."

"I've been told I lack humanity. Maybe I'm reclaiming it."

"Art requires a soul. I had to find mine again."

"Music is the sound of freedom."

"Faith in yourself is all you have when everyone's against you."

"Work ethic is all a soldier has."

"Death would've been easier than living with these memories."

"But easier isn't always right."

"Solitude is punishment and shelter combined."

"Gratitude is something they tried to train out of me."

"Creativity was replaced with compliance."

"I'm learning to think for myself again."

"Literature was a luxury I had to rediscover."

"War is what I was made for. Peace is what I'm fighting for."

"Politics got people like me killed."

"Motivation comes from knowing you can still change."

"Every scar tells a story I'd rather forget."

"Relationships require trust. Trust was my weakness."

"I'm learning to be still."

"Nature is something I missed while serving."

"Perseverance is all I know."

"Knowledge is power, and power got me here."