32 Quotes by Henry V. O'Neil

Therm-bombs! Drop ’em right on us! I been roasted before—it’s nothing!

He relaxed into the dirt, it was all right, he was infantry and the dirt was home. He felt warm liquid all over his left thigh and wondered if he’d peed himself, it didn’t matter, none of it mattered, the stars were out in the blackness overhead and that was where he was going.

This is a Spartacan fighting knife. Heard of the Spartacan Scouts? Rough boys. This knife belonged to one of them. He died saving my life.

This is what I hate most about guys like you. You didn't even try.

How long you been in the infantry, sir? Anything under ten miles counts as 'almost there'.

That’s it. Keep that edge. Fight like there’s no tomorrow.

I swear, lying there thinking about what they might decide to do next was worse than anything they did later.

I’ve had a lot of lieutenants over the years, and all the good ones were sick, sick individuals. You might be the best one yet.

With all the god-awful suffering in this war, I suppose somebody ought to be enjoying it.