Quote by D H Lawrence

“about the German boy's throat and tried to strangle him and to stop another dreadful cry. The second officer made haste. He thrust his…

— Philip Gibbs

“Why is it a shame for me to cause them to die and try to exterminate them, tell me? You did not talk that…

— Guy de Maupassant

“Of the two classes of Prussian officer, the bull-necked and the wasp-waisted, he belonged to the second. Monocled and effete in appearance, cold and…

— Barbara Tuchman

“Is it going to hurt?" "You bet." Sergeant Major had a lousy bedside manner.”

— Ilona Andrews

“is a pretty well established fact that many a brutal officer fell in battle, from being shot other than by the enemy. Shortly”

— Matilda Pierce Alleman

“The soldier must be calm in the thick of the battle," pursued the policeman. "The composure of an army is the anger of a…

— G.K. Chesterton

“I hadn't taken to the colonel, yet he had piqued my interest. You can be fascinated even by a tree frog if you watch…

— Umberto Eco

“Now the colonel seemed to grieve for his President again, because he said, “This world spits out a beautiful man like he was poison.”

— Denis Johnson

“It’s been months since Friedrich was attacked. Isn’t the danger over by now?” “Not as long as the Colonel courts you, Mademoiselle.” Cinderella sighed.…

— K.M. Shea

“It’s strictly constables, sergeants, and lunatics. We’ll keep the kettle on for you.”

— Ben Aaronovitch