‘Eighth one this week,’ he said.

No man is a man until he has been a soldier.

Live for something rather than die for nothing.

Sal turned, an eye stalk hanging from his teeth.

But sons have to be soldiers. And soldiers adapt.

Trench dirt didn't always wash out, I am sure.

It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.

I felt a lunatic’s laugh welling up inside me.

Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.

You can only die once, to make sure it's worth it.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.

Who supports the troops? The troops support the troops.

Cadets can neither be treated as schoolboys or soldiers.

An army is a miniature of the society which produces it.

The soldiers in my life had raised the bar for bad guys.