16 Quotes by Patrick MacGill

I am one of the million or more male residents of the United Kingdom, who a year ago had no special yearning towards military life, but who joined the army after war was declared.

One of the first things we had to learn was that our ancient cathedral town has its bounds and limits for the legions of the lads in khaki.

I have come to like the place and do most of my writing there, catching snatches of conversation and reminiscence as they float across to me.

Caste and estate seem to have been forgotten; all are engaged in a common business, full of similar risks, and rewarded by a similar wage.

The step once taken, however, we all set to work to discover how we might become soldiers with a minimum of exertion and inconvenience to ourselves.

Every battalion has its marching songs.

There comes a moment on a journey when something sweet, something irresistible and charming as wine raised to thirsty lips, wells up in the traveller’s being.