“Simple things, simple pleasures, cutting and splitting wood, a love of the country they wanted to see more of, memories of softball fields and a girl named Amanda. There are such women as Theresa "...”

“The essence of the Marine Corps experience, I decided, was pain.”

“The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, 'The elite of this country.' I think it is the elite of the world.”

“A true philosopher must never give up.”

“...these sleepless nights, when oddly enough my concentration was high, fueled perhaps by the effort to ignore the all-engrossing threat of bombs and rockets.”

“Never, never, never give in!”