Ribbons Quote by Yusef Komunyakaa

“A soldier will return as a hero either with a medal on his chest or a metal in his chest.”

— Suraj Sani

“If they give the purple heart for soldiers, I guess they could give me the blue ball medal for the testament of willpower I…

— Penelope Bloom

“Aethe, near my heart. Without vanity, the ribbon. Without duty, the wind. Without blood, the victory.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Show me another army in the world full of soldiers willing to sacrifice their own blood for their enemies.”

— W. Lee Warren

“The rifle gleamed up at him. When men do it in wartime, they give them medals, he thought.”

— Stephen King

“But he instantly saw that it would be impossible for him to escape from the regiment. It inclosed him. And there were iron laws…

— Stephen Crane

“But as long as they gave us medals, that fixed it, as far as the army was concerned. You expect heroes to survive terrible…

— T. Kingfisher

“That was our first real look, up close, at the war. Seeing blood and wounds like that hit hard and put pictures in our…

— Jim Proser

“Try to get all your posthumous medals in advance.”

— Gregory Benford

“I got to thinking that the world would be a better place if they gave medals to great teachers rather than just soldiers who…

— Matthew Quick

“He had died for his beliefs; chief among them was the very Hugglestonian one that bravery could replace armour, and that Klatchians would turn…

— Terry Pratchett

“When you are a soldier you do not always realize there is anything beyond the will of your commander, the will of your king.…

— Hazel B. West