We follow the codes not because they bring gain, but because we loathe the people we would otherwise become.

Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.

To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.

Be warned - Hammond does tend to be a bit optimistic about these kind of things. If the army were made up of one-legged mutes, he would praise their balance and their listening skills.

Small things were important. Secods were small things, and if you heaped enough of those on top of one another, they became a man's life.

Bitterness is repaid more often than kindness.

Sometimes it was daunting, knowing how easily I could break things. This one simple curse seemed to dominate my entire life.