“The Colonel says all attorneys should be named for blood sucking insects so we know up front who we are dealing with.”

“We can't change the past, Soldier. We can only be grateful for the life of a new day, and move on.”

“For me, it was a Gold Star day. I'd identified an enemy, and I'd made a life decision: I might come home tore up from fighting or late from being punished, but I'd never come home crying. So far, I ain't.”

“There's no limit to what some people will say, and what others will believe.”

“Dale's family is like that. Let the Law come within twenty yards of them, and every male over the age of six--uncles, brother, father, cousins--starts lying his fool head off. Dale says it's genetic. Miss Lana says that's poppycock.”

“Dale can't tolerate other people throwing up. He gets what's known as the Synchronized Heaves.”

“I'm Baptist. So far, Fast or Never is the only speeds I got with forgiving.”