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> [That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-jones/that-was-one-of-the-virtues-of-being-a-pessimist-nothing-was-ever-as/)

[James Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-jones/)

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## More by James Jones

> [I'm an American, and always will be. I happen to love that big, awkward, sprawling country very much - and its big, awkward, sprawling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-jones/i-m-an-american-and-always-will-be-i-happen-to-love-that-big-awkward/)

[James Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-jones/)

> [“I've owned a thousand houses that I've never built," she said. "Never had the money to build. Couldn't have used if I had had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-jones/i-ve-owned-a-thousand-houses-that-i-ve-never-built-she-said-never-had/)

[James Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-jones/)

> [“There is, in the Army, a little known but very important activity appropriately called Fatigue. Fatigue, in the Army, is the very necessary cleaning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-jones/there-is-in-the-army-a-little-known-but-very-important-activity/)

[James Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-jones/)

> [“Billions of hard, bright stars shone with relentless glitter across the tropic night sky.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-jones/billions-of-hard-bright-stars-shone-with-relentless-glitter-across/)

[James Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-jones/)

> [“When compared to the fact that he might very well be dead by this time tomorrow, whether he was courageous or not today was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-jones/when-compared-to-the-fact-that-he-might-very-well-be-dead-by-this/)

[James Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-jones/)

> [“He had studied, and worked, and slaved, and eaten untold buckets of shit, to have this opportunity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-jones/he-had-studied-and-worked-and-slaved-and-eaten-untold-buckets-of-shit/)

[James Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-jones/)

> [“When compared to the fact that he might very well be dead by this time tomorrow, whether he was courageous or not today was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-jones/when-compared-to-the-fact-that-he-might-very-well-be-dead-by-this-2/)

[James Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-jones/)

> [“So a new element darkled in their already darkling mood: a somber, deep-rooted bitterness which would grow and grow until it would make of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-jones/so-a-new-element-darkled-in-their-already-darkling-mood-a-somber-deep/)

[James Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-jones/)

> [“He could not blame the Army, Angelo could blame the Army; Angelo hated the Army. But he didnt hate the Army, not even now.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-jones/he-could-not-blame-the-army-angelo-could-blame-the-army-angelo-hated/)

[James Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-jones/)

> [“I write to reach eternity”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-jones/i-write-to-reach-eternity/)

[James Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-jones/)

> [“A man loves a thing. That don't mean it's gotta love him back.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-jones/a-man-loves-a-thing-that-don-t-mean-it-s-gotta-love-him-back/)

[james jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-jones/)

> [“All right, he thought, okay; if thats the way it is; a savagery of anger in him now at the picture. They call them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-jones/all-right-he-thought-okay-if-thats-the-way-it-is-a-savagery-of-anger/)

[James Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-jones/)

> [“He had not the makings of that honest man to whom success comes naturally.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-jones/he-had-not-the-makings-of-that-honest-man-to-whom-success-comes/)

[James Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-jones/)

> [That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-jones/that-was-one-of-the-virtues-of-being-a-pessimist-nothing-was-ever-as/)

[James Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-jones/)

> [“Sitting on the porch alone, listening to them fixing supper, he felt again the indignation he had felt before, the sense of loss and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-jones/sitting-on-the-porch-alone-listening-to-them-fixing-supper-he-felt/)

[James Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-jones/)

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