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> [“The key word is shouldn’t,” he said grimly. “It isn’t a word I like to hear when it comes to battle. That word has killed more men than any other word, except perhaps one.” He waited for my inevitable question.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-g-manning/the-key-word-is-shouldn-t-he-said-grimly-it-isn-t-a-word-i-like-to/)

[Michael G. Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-g-manning/)

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## More by Michael G. Manning

> [“What name do you use then, for two people who help each other?” “Why are they helping each other?” “Simply to be kind, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-g-manning/what-name-do-you-use-then-for-two-people-who-help-each-other-why-are/)

[Michael G. Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-g-manning/)

> [“I’m starting to think Mordecai bound you to someone’s grandmother instead of the earth, because that’s what you’re starting to sound like!” barked Harold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-g-manning/i-m-starting-to-think-mordecai-bound-you-to-someone-s-grandmother/)

[Michael G. Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-g-manning/)

> [“If other furniture items could see his actions that day, and if that same furniture then had dreams… well they’d have been horrific nightmares…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-g-manning/if-other-furniture-items-could-see-his-actions-that-day-and-if-that/)

[Michael G. Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-g-manning/)

> [“ability to destroy is the least form of power, though it is the first form that any power will take. Even an infant is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-g-manning/ability-to-destroy-is-the-least-form-of-power-though-it-is-the-first/)

[Michael G. Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-g-manning/)

> [“The key word is shouldn’t,” he said grimly. “It isn’t a word I like to hear when it comes to battle. That word has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-g-manning/the-key-word-is-shouldn-t-he-said-grimly-it-isn-t-a-word-i-like-to/)

[Michael G. Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-g-manning/)

> [“Quite a bit of his swearing was pure nautical genius.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-g-manning/quite-a-bit-of-his-swearing-was-pure-nautical-genius/)

[Michael G. Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-g-manning/)

> [“Stupid never dies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-g-manning/stupid-never-dies/)

[Michael G. Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-g-manning/)

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