“Matelon gripped both her hands. We are soldiers, he said. We are not game pieces on a board. Dont let them play us. Give this thing a chance.Lyss gently pulled free. Youre wrong, Captain, she said....”

“The northern soldiers are just men, Hal told the men in his command. And women, he amended. When you cut them, they bleed, just like us.”

“Even if the job youre assigned is not to your liking, a Matelon will see it done.”

“Matelon gripped both her hands. “We are soldiers,” he said. “We are not game pieces on a board. Don’t let them play us. Give this thing a chance.”Lyss gently pulled free. “You’re wrong, Captain,” s...”

“The northern soldiers are just men,” Hal told the men in his command. “And women,” he amended. “When you cut them, they bleed, just like us.”

“Even if the job you’re assigned is not to your liking, a Matelon will see it done.”

“War is what happens when language fails.”

“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”

“The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.”