Nicholas Irving > Quotes

“And let’s face it. You get a nickname, that usually means you’re accepted. The guys without nicknames are usually the ones who never fully integrate.”
― Nicholas Irving, Ghost Target

“We have a man down in a hole.”
― Nicholas Irving, The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers

“My dad always used to say that the truth will out—in other words, you can’t hide from who you really are and you will at some point reveal yourself.”
― Nicholas Irving, The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers

“Sometimes what you need is somebody to help you push through to find out that the limits you thought you had were just a little beyond your expectations of yourself. Sometimes you fall short of what you thought you were capable of, but then someone gives you the push you need to accept that limitations are temporary things.”
― Nicholas Irving, The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers

“by the time the story had spread, it went from a guy having drunk a six-pack to him knocking over a liquor store and delivering twenty kegs to a party along with a few dozen sorority girls from the local college.”
― Nicholas Irving, The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers

“is a weird feeling, especially at night. It’s like your”
― Nicholas Irving, The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers

“I sat there and ran my hands along the stock of my weapon. Pemberton spotted me and smirked. “A little foreplay with Dirty Diana?”
― Nicholas Irving, The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers

“Father said- Quitting is an addiction. That becomes easier and easier the more you make that decision”
― Nicholas Irving, The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers

“At the time, we were told that this was also the area from which up to ninety-eight percent of the opium, and eventually heroin, that enters the U.S. originates. The Taliban would use the profits of that sale to fund their terrorist activities. I remember thinking in those early days in the country when we were being so heavily fired on, from where the heck did these guys get all their armament?”
― Nicholas Irving, The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers

“imaginary friend Dave,”
― Nicholas Irving, The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers

“During the operation, I wasn’t conscious of the fact that nearly everything we did was going to be captured, digitally or otherwise, and subject to review.”
― Nicholas Irving, The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers

“He told me that quitting is addictive and that it got easier and easier to do each time you made that decision.”
― Nicholas Irving, The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers