“A blind man could see that man would die for you, but that doesn't mean you won't die alongside him.”
“What could you do? Major Major asked himself again. What could you do with a man who looked you squarely in the eye and said he would rather die than be killed in combat, a man who was at least as mature and intelligent as you were and who you had to pretend was not? What could you say to him?”
“A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.”
“How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?”
“There is a much that a man should not see, should not know, and if he should see it, it is better for him to die.”
“I would die for you. But I won't live for you.”