Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.

But you can't truly hate a man without loving him first, and there's always a trace of that love left over.

Only it’s just the same. In fact, do you know, because of all that pressure, and worry, and fear, it’s worse. There aren’t many men who think clearest when the stakes are highest. So people are even stupider in a war than the rest of the time. Thinking about how they’ll dodge the blame, or grab the glory, or save their skins, rather than about what will actually work There’s no job that forgives stupidity more than soldiering. No job that encourages it more.

Luck is a woman. She's drawn to those that least deserve her.

People love to see death. It reminds them that however mean, however low, however horrible their lives become… at least they have one.

Good steel bends, but never breaks. Good steel stays always sharp and ready. Good steel feels no pain, no pity, and above all, no remorse

Those with the least always lose the most in war.