66 quotes found
“It was only a smile, nothing more. It didn't make everything all right. It didn't make ANYTHING all right. Only a smile. A tiny thing. A leaf in the woods, shaking in the wake of a startled bird's ...”
“It's a thin line between what we're calling acceptable and not acceptable. As a leader, you're supposed to know when not to cross it. But how do you know? Does the army teach us how to control our ...”
“Yes, they mean well, but the only good that an absence of malice guarantees is a clear conscience.”
“The one ring road around the airfield is paved, but heavily rutted and potholed. Every few days a street-sweeper makes its way around, polishing the rutted surface with brushes and water.”
“Appearances can be misleading. You just never know whats inside someone until hes tested.”
“When youre as small as I am, people dont expect you to be much of an athlete. You either wilt under the weight of low expectations, or you rise above them.”
“An infantrymans job is to deliver his enemies into the waiting hands of Death. It is Docs job to protect his brothers from Death, to knock him aside and say, Not today.”
“Ill give you one chance to run,but may your shoulder always whisper in your earIts best to watch out for men, like me.”
“Foreshadowing: Was my challenging Allah to unleash the full weight of his fury upon us, with dark clouds looming in the distance.”
“The simple and terrifying reality, forbidden from discussion in America, was that despite spending $600 billion a year on the military, despite having the best fighting force the world had ever kno...”
“Troops are everywhere in their modern, digital camouflage, designed to blend in anywhere at any time. Yet at night we wear bright yellow reflective belts.”
“I looked westward and marveled that, somewhere over those mountains, Kabul still existed. It really existed, not just as an old memory, or as the heading of an AP story on page 15 of the San Franci...”
“Life is Too Short and Memories Are Forever!”
“If you have a problem with me, it is OK, because Mullah Omar does too.”
“I know you're still young but I want you to understand and learn this now. Marriage can wait, education cannot. You're a very very bright girl. Truly you are. You can be anything you want Laila. I...”
“War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of.”
“...Obama said, 'I welcome debate among my team, but I won't tolerate division.”
“I'm done doing this!' Obama said, finally erupting. 'We've all agreed on a plan. And we're all going to stick to that plan. I haven't agreed to anything beyond that.'The 30,000 was a 'hard cap,' he...”
“[On one of his comrades depicted in the book:]"Sasha was my friend … Like me, he was 19. But he didn't come home. He was killed 12 hours after this photo was taken.”
“Dancing falls into the same category as poetry for a woman – it equals dreaming, which may inspire thoughts about such banned topics as love and desire.”
