J.F. Holmes > Quotes

“Because, Staff Sergeant, this isn’t Hell, this is Heaven, '' answered Clark with a wink, “We’re on American soil, no Rules of Engagement, fighting things that we don’t have to worry about capturing or laws of war, AND most of our weapons are ineffective. So we are called upon to use all our ingenuity and wits to wage war to the fullest! It’s a soldier’s wet dream!”
― J.F. Holmes, The Fae Wars: Onslaught

“A few weeks ago, I had tried to eat my pistol and she had stopped me. I had been in a black, black depression at the uselessness of it all, one that had only lifted when I had decided to say screw it and let the chips fall where they may. I really didn’t care anymore what happened to me, but for Brit and our son Nate I would go through hell and back. A few weeks ago, I had tried to eat my pistol and she had stopped me. I had been in a black, black depression at the uselessness of it all, one that had only lifted when I had decided to say screw it and let the chips fall where they may. I really didn’t care anymore what happened to me, but for Brit and our son Nate I would go through hell and back.”
― J.F. Holmes, Irregular Scout Team One

“It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.”
― J.F. Holmes, The Fae Wars: Onslaught

“Be kind where you can, it will keep you human.”
― J.F. Holmes, The Fae Wars: Onslaught

“I could have gone earlier in full darkness but twilight was always better. Your movement tended to blend into the background as the observer’s eye actually overcompensated for the lighter sky.”
― J.F. Holmes, The Fae Wars: Onslaught

“I ignored it, because when shit is hitting the fan, you’re going to see things that would make your normal self go insane.”
― J.F. Holmes, The Fae Wars: Onslaught

“There is a time for friends to die and a time for you to mourn them. In a soldier’s life, they are rarely the same.”
― J.F. Holmes, Irregular Scout Team One: Volume 1

“Yeah, I’m a geek, I knew what all that stuff was. When you’re out on a long deployment you play games to pass the time, and one of my favorites was old school Dungeons and Dragons. Geek I’ll take, call me a nerd and I’ll kill you with my pinky. Delta Force, yo.”
― J.F. Holmes, The Fae Wars: Onslaught

“suck is the Army way”
― J.F. Holmes, Off World: Ragnarok

“OK, then. 5.56 not a good idea. Maybe a 7.62 or heavier, especially the way the shields of the orcs had shrugged off our 9mm. Mass and speed equals energy, right?”
― J.F. Holmes, The Fae Wars: Onslaught

“Nick, if I see a liberal, can I shoot him?” asked Doc, “since, you know, they have less brains than the average zombie?” “No, Doc, we can’t shoot the Liberals. I suspect they’re an endangered species anyway.”
― J.F. Holmes, Irregular Scout Team One: Volume 1