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shrugged. "Classified, isn't it?"
"Yes," he said. "But you're a major now. You can pull the profile of anybody in your command."
"I don't suppose it has any big surprises." But I was a little curious. "What animal isn't fascinated by a
mirror?"
"No. It says you're a pacifist. A failed one at that, which gives you a mild neurosis. Which you handle by
transferring the burden of guilt to the army."

"Listen," she continued. "You had better stop trying to live in the nineties. This may not be the best of all
possible worlds, but you're stuck with it."

You had better stop being stuck in the '90's. It may not be the best of all possible worlds, but you're stuck with it

I'm bored. It's all very healthy and nice.

"Don't be so sure."
The old familiar argument.

But they weren't aliens, I had to remind myself: We were.

The French corkscrew.

"I've been meaning to lose a few pounds anyway."
I couldn't see where she was carrying any extra.

"Are there any questions?"
He must have been kidding.

No quiet way to kill a man, means he was an infant when he first killed a man.
More did you know LOTR than Indochina war fizzling out.
If you trip, you're likely to die: totally different than war of the worlds here.