48 Quotes by John Christopher

What I was suddenly aware of was the importance of their being whatever each of them was---cocky and contemptuous, or bothered and beaten---as long as it was something they'd come to in their own way: the importance of being human, in fact. The peace and harmony Uncle Ian and the others claimed to be handing out in fact was death, because without being yourself, an individual, you weren't really alive.

As Pa said, censorship encouraged people to believe nonsense.

The secret of success in battle lies often not so much in the use of one's own strength but in the exploitation of the other side's weaknesses.

It is hard to be defensive toward a danger which you have never imagined existed.

To voice doubts was unthinkable, but that did not means that doubts did not exist.

Have a drink, and try to relax. All right, have another drink. There are times when getting drunk's not a bad idea.

A general does not use the same troops over and over again.

I wanted to ask which war---the Boer or the Crimean? It was amazing how old people could talk about The War, as though that meant something.

We're a chainsaw outfit. We go in and just cut and haul down to the roads.