Humphrey Cobb

“Who said anything about justice? There's no such thing. But injustice is as much a part of life as the weather.”

— Humphrey Cobb

“Silly…but the mere issuing of a command always inspires confidence. It doesn't matter whether it is a necessary command, or even a…

— Humphrey Cobb

“...too weary and dazed by unfinished sleep even to swear. There comes a degree of numbness in fatigue and exasperation which can…

— Humphrey Cobb

“Soon he would see war. Jis romanticism and inexperience insulated him from the thought that he might feel it, too.”

— Humphrey Cobb

“Rarely," said Dax to himself, "does a soldier see with naked eyes. He is nearly always looking through lenses, lenses which are…

— Humphrey Cobb

“Flesh, bodies, nerves, legs… things were getting all mixed up in his mind. It seemed to be filled with flesh, cloyed with…

— Humphrey Cobb

“He saw the delicate blades of grass which the bodies of his comrades had fertilized; he saw the little shoots on the…

— Humphrey Cobb

“That spot on the road was the place where he had ceased to be a boy.”

— Humphrey Cobb

“Silly," Dax thought, "but the mere issuing of a command always inspires confidence. It doesn'tt matter whether it is a necessary command,…

— Humphrey Cobb