“Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.”
― The Iliad
― The Iliad
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
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“Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us. I miss meaning something to someone, having that part of being human.”
― Old Man's War
― Old Man's War
“The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.”
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“I think back to the day I stood before my wife's grave for the final time, and turned away from it without regret, because I knew that what she was was not contained in that hole in the ground. I entered a new life and found her again, in a woman who was entirely her own person. When this life is done, I'll turn away from it without regret as well, because I know she waits for me, in another, different life.”
― Old Man's War
― Old Man's War
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