Battle Quote by Homer

“that of dealing death, of loosing another man’s soul and sending it down to hell. You want to savor it, to twist the blade…

— Steven Pressfield

I bring you a message from a friend of ours," she said quietly. "He wanted you to know that he's not dead. He can't…

— Brandon Sanderson

“To such atrocities may men be driven who use the dagger for a cross, and upon whose mind the most trivial event makes a…

— Victor Hugo

“To die in a battle is often referred to as a heroic act, but I will never understand that. What glory is there in…

— Peter Koevari

Here lies a man who was given a medal for killing two men, and a dishonorable discharge for loving one.

— Leonard Matlovich

Circumstances may accumulate so strongly even against an innocent man, that directed, sharpened, and pointed, they may slay him.

— Charles Dickens

“Sulien held up the broken spear, one piece in each hand. “A warhammer did this?” “You saw that hammer the Lightning almost hit Addolgar…

— G.A. Aiken

We who have grown up on a diet of honour and shame can still grasp what must seem unthinkable to people living in the…

— Salman Rushdie

It is not right to glory in the slain

— Homer

One came to the war all over gold, like a girl. Poor fool! it did not save him from cruel death.

— The Iliad

Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle than a dozen at dinner.

— Anonymous

I have heard of 'the dead lying in heaps', but never saw it till this battle. Whole ranks fell together.

— Emory Upton