“Cuz that's it -That's the nasty, nasty secret of war -When yer winning -When yer winning, it's effing thrilling -”
“War is hell, but that's not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead.”
“If ya let hornets rest in yer outhouse, it's hard t'get pissed when they buzz down and sting yer ass.”
“Cuz how do you know yer alive if you don't hurt?”
“When you win, you often lose, that's just a fact.”
“Is this the message 'save yer own skin at all costs'? Because if that's the message, no wonder America's in the state it's in. Thank God I'm Australian.”