Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do before the next chance.

It's a bizarre but wonderful feeling, to arrive dead center of a target you didn't even know you were aiming for.

An honor is not diminished for being shared.

Have you ever heard the phrase, Living well is the best revenge?" "Where I come from, someone's head in a bag is generally considered the best revenge

Never do yourself, what you can con professionals into doing for you.

This wasn't prayer anyway, it was just argument with the gods. Prayer, he suspected as he hoisted himself up and turned for the door, was putting one foot in front of the other. Moving all the same.

Miles exhaled carefully, faint with rage and reminded grief. He does not know, he told himself. He cannot know... "Ivan, one of these days somebody is going to pull out a weapon and plug you, and you're going to die in bewilderment, crying, "What did I say? What did I say?" "What did I say?" asked Ivan indignantly.