“The sergeant frowned. “Really, sir? And who might they be? Is there a gang of militant atheists at work in the district, that I know nothing about? Or a guerrilla unit of disaffected campanologists, perhaps?”
“I’m an atheist, and a militant atheist when religion starts impacting on legislation.”
“But, Sergeant Osbern, Sir, I like my head.”
“And you look bloody young to be a sergeant""I was born late, sir”
“...it really struck me that, just as people might look at me and never imagine I'd worked as a prostitute, they must look at some of those girls and see only the alienation and disaffection that hides their on fears and hurt.”
“Underestimation of nonconventional units or a guerrilla enemy by regular forces is a cardinal military sin.”