“I'm not a general or a colonel or a builder of cities. I'm just a corpse who wants not to be.”
“Yes, I'm married, but I'm not a corpse.”
“Colonel Hugh Pickering - Well, I'm dashed!”
“I'm not so fond of people myself, Evvy, but I took my vows for a reason. There are two classes of people in the world, the destroyers and the builders. I want to build, not destroy. You need to ask yourself who you're going to be.”
“„You,” the female on the bed said, her timbre shaded with irrittion. „New guy. Angel Boy. Colonel Curls, or whatever you want to be called. I'm done asking, so now I'm commanding. Free me.”
“I'm just a man, not a hero. just a boy, who wants to sing this song.”