Kent McInnis > Quotes

“I took a joy ride once on an EC-121 over the DMZ into the North. This EWO said to me, ‘Wait till you get to the real Air Force.’ Hell! We were flying over North Vietnam at the time for crying out loud!”
― Kent McInnis, Sierra Hotel: A Novel of the Vietnam War

“If you can’t summarize a thought in 25 words or less, it’s probably not a good idea to start with.”
― Kent McInnis, Sierra Hotel: A Novel of the Vietnam War

“She grabbed my hand and pressed it firmly against her swollen belly. The sensation of another living being pushing against my hand was eerie. The baby seemed to sense my presence, pushing back against my fingertips. I shared an odd bond of closeness, as the woman I still loved pushed her hand down on my bare knuckles. This unborn child fathered by my closest friend now pressed up from her belly into my palm.”
― Kent McInnis, Sierra Hotel: A Novel of the Vietnam War

“Some of my best vacations have been those where no one knew I wasn’t gone.”
― Kent McInnis, Sierra Hotel: A Novel of the Vietnam War

“It was the typical move of a stupid man who couldn’t control his hormones. This handicap is simple to explain. Man, unlike woman, has two primitive brains—the medulla oblongata and the baja oblongata.”
― Kent McInnis, Sierra Hotel: A Novel of the Vietnam War

“True intellectual genius is explaining a new and complex concept such that a child can understand but adults don’t sense condescension.”
― Kent McInnis, Sierra Hotel: A Novel of the Vietnam War