“Work happens like in Harry Potter. Magic I mean.”

“An Army wife is probably the only woman in the world whoknows and readily accepts that she is the mistress, because, letsface it, the Army is the wife and the wife gets all the damnattention!”

“There is strong. There is Army Strong. And then there is Army Wife Strong.”

“Apparently officers are not men. Officers are officers.”

“She oozes the kind of over-confidence that only comes to people who wear deep red lipstick and sparkly tissue sarees in bright daylight.”

“We are all regular people, Pia, she laughs. But we are notregular wives.”

“A cavalryman's horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be alowed to know this.”

“Above all, he loathed men who beat women; for, real men didnt exercise their strength on frail creatures, they joined the army and put Shazarias enemies in their graves.”

“Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world's problems?”

“Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.”

“Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good.”

“Aside from the obvious, Francesca, what do you want in return for supplying information? Bones asked, getting back to the subject. You to take me, she replied at once. Not gonna happen! I spat, squ...”