Cloaks Quote by Anonymous

“ Truth And if sun comes How shall we greet him? Shall we not dread him, Shall we not fear him After so lengthy…

— Gwendolyn Brooks

“Tired soldiers made mistakes. Learn to sleep when it was time to sleep, no matter how chaotic things were, trusting it would be better…

— Nicholas Sparks

But he would have us most of all remember to be enthusiastic over the night. Not only for the sense of wonder it alone…

— W. H. Auden

I want to sleep for eternity with a broad smile on my face. I want those who remain behind to say this man has…

— Nelson Mandela

“Quite a few soldiers . . . had ended up spending some time wrapped around each other, alone in the night. Most often, it…

— Robert Lee Wolfe

“husband's departure. I'd don britches and boots and ride far from this place, past the city into the woods. I'd not return 'til midnight…

— Jane Singer

We (soldiers) are like cloaks,-one thinks of us only when it rains.

— Maurice de Saxe

Marveling at his own boldness, he said softly, "I would enter your sleep if I could, and guard you there, and slay the thing…

— Peter S. Beagle

A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one…

— Isoroku Yamamoto

“I wrapped the duvet underneath me to form a nice little cocoon, and managed to sleep for perhaps another hour or so, during which…

— Tom Moran

“It was a cold morning, and he shivered a little; but he had been taught by his uncle that his prayers were more acceptable…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“I was a soldier. It is like a dream. When even the bones is gone in the desert the dreams is talk to you,…

— Cormac McCarthy