I've been immersed in it too long. My spirit is wobbly and my mind is confused. The hurt has become too great.
Ernie PyleOne of the parodoxes of war is that those in the rear want to get up into the fight, while those in the lines want to get out.
Ernie PyleAll the rest of us - you and me and even the thousands of soldiers behind the lines in Africa - we want terribly yet only academically for the war to get over.
Ernie Pyle[I]nstead of the usual "Why can't we make movies more like real life?" I think a more pertinent question is "Why can't real life be more like the movies?"
Ernie PyleFor a lifetime I had bathed with becoming regularity, and thought the world would come to an end unless I changed my socks every day. But in Africa I sometimes went without a bath for two months, and I went two weeks at a time without even changing my socks. Oddly enough, it didn't seem to make much difference.
Ernie Pyle