As a civilian, I know nothing about combat, the Marine Corps experience or modern man's struggle adjusting to peace after war. I only know what's been shared with me; confidences I would never betray, nor use as details in a novel.

— Tiffany Madison

As a Texan, I say ma'm and sir to my age contemporaries and open doors for anyone that I can. This goes for men, too, though it is appreciated when they beat me to it and disappointing when they don't.

— Tiffany Madison

I believe the world is divided in three groups: givers, takers and the few that can balance both impulses. Giving and loving is a beautiful thing. It is the currency of compassion and kindness, it is what separates good people from the rest. And without it, the world would be a bleak place. If you are a giver, it is wise to define your boundaries because takers will take what you allow them to; all givers must learn to protect that about themselves or eventually, there is nothing left to give.

— Tiffany Madison

If one abandons their principles when tested by struggle, they were never true principles but advertisements for character they never possessed.

— Tiffany Madison

If the novel is dead, I'm a necrophiliac.

— Tiffany Madison

If we don't fight for what we 'stand for' with our passionate words and honest actions, do we really 'stand' for anything?

— Tiffany Madison

I'm not a writer. Ernest Hemingway was a writer. I just have a vivid imagination and type 90 WPM.

— Tiffany Madison

It is assured that men of all ages imagine a woman naked when they first meet.

— Tiffany Madison

It should surprise no one that modern soldiers return home just as conflicted and detached as previous generations. The difference is that in the age of vapid American decadence, their simpler fundamental values are largely irrelevant to us civilians.

— Tiffany Madison

Modern man is full of platitudes about living life to its fullest, with catchy keychain phrases and little plaques for kitchen walls. But if you've never retreated to the solitude of a dark room and listened to Beethoven's Ninth from start to finish, you know nothing. For music is a transcendental exploration of human emotion and experience, the very fabric of life in its purest form. And the Ninth our greatest musical achievement.

— Tiffany Madison