I grew up in Palestine, West Virginia, which is mostly a farming community; there aren't a lot of jobs.

- Jessica Lynch

I had the good fortune and opportunity to come home and to tell the truth; many soldiers, like Pat Tillman… did not have that opportunity. The truth …

- Jessica Lynch

I don't think any war is worth having our soldiers killed.

- Jessica Lynch

The nurses at the hospital tried to soothe me, and they even tried unsuccessfully at one point to return me to Americans.

- Jessica Lynch

I don't come from a rich family - it's not like we lived in a cardboard box, but we didn't have a ton of money.

- Jessica Lynch

I am still confused as to why they chose to lie and tried to make me a legend when the real heroics of my fellow soldiers that day were, in fact, leg…

- Jessica Lynch

I try to dream about peaceful things, beaches, that is what I cannot understand. Why are they chasing me?

- Jessica Lynch

Since coming back from Iraq, there's been so many triumphs and obstacles standing in my way, so whenever I set my mind to something, I definitely jus…

- Jessica Lynch

I know that I'm already in the history books and that people are going to remember me as the prisoner of war and the fabricated stories, but you know…

- Jessica Lynch