Anna

“But to be strong you have to be—dogmatic. Dogmatic and opinionated, and righteous. Self-righteous.”
― James Jones, The Ice-Cream Headache: And Other Stories

“the military constructs a unique subculture whose teachings supersede everything a man has learned in church or Sunday school, everything he has been taught by parents, teachers, and the community—indeed everything he knows in his own heart.”
― Nelson DeMille, Word Of Honour

“I worked for Meyer for almost eight years. He is patient, easy to work for and brilliant. I firmly believe that if he had decided to be the president of the United States he could have made it.”
― Joey (the Hit Man), Killer: The Autobiography of a Mafia Hit Man

“But I still hate this country. You love the Army. But I don’t love the Army. This country’s Army is why I hate this country. What did this country ever do for me? Gimme a right to vote for men I cant elect? You can have it. Gimme a right to work at a job I hate? You can have that too. Then tell me I’m a Citizen of the greatest richest country on earth, if I don’t believe it look at Park Avenue. Carnival prizes. All carnival prizes. Pay fifty cents a throw and get a plasterparis bust of Washington—if you win. A man can just stand so much from anything, no matter how much he loves the thing.”
― James Jones, The World War II Trilogy: From Here to Eternity, The Thin Red Line, and Whistle