Quote by Jim Butcher

“Now, there's this about cynicism, Sergeant. It's the universe's most supine moral position. Real comfortable. If nothing can be done, then you're not some…

— Lois McMaster Bujold

“He still wore, in the warming barracks, a muskrat cap with earlaps. Under it his eyes were gray as agates, as sudden as an…

— Wallace Stegner

“(sergeant thinking about an excellent detective who's threatening to quit) For a squad sergeant, having Worden working for you was like having sex: When…

— David Simon

“Ah … politics, Sergeant. When the top brass hand you a turd, you polish it and say, “my, what a lovely jobbie!” That way…

— Stuart MacBride

“His mustache was steely gray, trimmed to the textbook profile of the top half of a hamburger bun. I will not be fucked with,…

— Cara McKenna

“His jaw and chin were covered in dark stubble. Was this how he had looked when he was once a rough knight, fighting in…

— Melanie Dickerson

“He’d had to fold his long legs into his desk. His boots had seen better days, and his jeans unraveled in a curiously irresistible…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“I could tell immediately that he was a typical Army Rear Echelon puke unfit-for-duty-asshole junior officer with delusions of grandeur.”

— Greg McPartlin

“Sure, I saw enlisted men everyday, but once they donned their uniforms and committed their lives, they became a mirage. The minute you approached…

— Kathryn Miller Haines

“brown hair, pebbly eyes dark beneath his straw hat, drove a team of workhorses from the west. His cheeks were sunburned”

— Colson Whitehead

Old soldiers, Miss Dandridge. Someday you'll learn how they hate to give up. Captain of a troop one day, every man's face turned toward…

— Frank S Nugent

“In my experience, the ex-military guys came in two types. The first grew long hair, sprouted beards, and indulged in all the things they…

— Ilona Andrews