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> [“that the greatest happiness lies in living for others. The self and its appetites, the satisfaction of which only yields deeper hungers, are to the soul as mooring cables to an airship. To cut them willingly and without regret is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/that-the-greatest-happiness-lies-in-living-for-others-the-self-and/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

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## More by Philip Caputo

> [Being a correspondent at the Vietnam war for me was about exposing myself to danger but it wasn't completely self-serving. I felt that there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/being-a-correspondent-at-the-vietnam-war-for-me-was-about-exposing/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [I'm a Midwesterner by birth, and when I traveled there, when I was young, most of the small towns were thriving, vibrant places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/i-m-a-midwesterner-by-birth-and-when-i-traveled-there-when-i-was/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [You're going to learn that one of the most brutal things in the world is your average nineteen-year-old American boy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/you-re-going-to-learn-that-one-of-the-most-brutal-things-in-the-world/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [ “I really believe that when we start talking ourselves back, we'll have more to offer the world." he \[Woodenkinfe\] said. "I don't want a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/i-really-believe-that-when-we-start-talking-ourselves-back-we-ll-have/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [“The essence of the Marine Corps experience, I decided, was pain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/the-essence-of-the-marine-corps-experience-i-decided-was-pain/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [“Directly overhead the Milky Way was as distinct as a highway across the sky. The constellations shown brilliantly, except the north, where they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/directly-overhead-the-milky-way-was-as-distinct-as-a-highway-across/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [War, the ordinary man's most convenient means of escaping from the ordinary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/war-the-ordinary-man-s-most-convenient-means-of-escaping-from-the/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/there-is-the-guilt-all-soldiers-feel-for-having-broken-the-taboo/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [Belief is a virus, and once it gets into you, its first order of business is to preserve itself, and the way it preserves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/belief-is-a-virus-and-once-it-gets-into-you-its-first-order-of/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [“Before you leave here, Sir, you’re going to learn that one of the most brutal things in the world is your average nineteen-year-old American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/before-you-leave-here-sir-you-re-going-to-learn-that-one-of-the-most/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [In a guerrilla war, the line between legitimate and illegitimate killing is blurred. The policies of free-fire zones, in which a soldier is permitted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/in-a-guerrilla-war-the-line-between-legitimate-and-illegitimate/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [It’s paradoxical that the death of your quarry is besides the point and at the same time the whole point. A chase without a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/it-s-paradoxical-that-the-death-of-your-quarry-is-besides-the-point/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [I guess every generation is doomed to fight its war...suffer the loss of the same old illusions, and learn the same old lessons on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/i-guess-every-generation-is-doomed-to-fight-its-war-suffer-the-loss/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [“Ten days passed, ten days of total idleness. The novelty of our surroundings wore off and the battalion began to suffer from a spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/ten-days-passed-ten-days-of-total-idleness-the-novelty-of-our/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [“Fitzhugh wasn’t immune to the desire that’s in most people to spray graffiti on the cold rock of the world and say “I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/fitzhugh-wasn-t-immune-to-the-desire-that-s-in-most-people-to-spray/)

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