Nicholas Petrie > Quotes

“You know the most dangerous man in America? Black man with a library card.”
― Nicholas Petrie, Burning Bright

“They had the politest platoon in the war.”
― Nicholas Petrie, The Drifter

“Thanks also to many writers, including but not limited to Nathaniel Fick, whose book One Bullet Away helped illuminate one Marine lieutenant’s thinking; Tim O’Brien for The Things They Carried, which sure cleared up one young man’s idea of war as glamorous; Phil Klay for Redeployment, which was a personal revelation for me as both reader and writer; and David Finkel for the reporting and writing in Thank You for Your Service. These last three should be required reading for all aspiring architects of future wars.”
― Nicholas Petrie, The Drifter

“This city is like spaghetti.”
― Nicholas Petrie, Burning Bright

“Peter had known many men who’d gone to war. It changed you inside. It made you someone new, or revealed who you had always been, sometimes a little of both. Sometimes for the better, eventually. Sometimes not.”
― Nicholas Petrie, Burning Bright