Book: Infantry ballad

"Amen," said the Sledgehammer. We will fight for lies.

He turned to her the look of a man who had "seen life." From that look, Sergeant Jackrum was personally acquainted with dinosaurs.

It takes a special talent to injure with your own sword exactly the hand in which you hold it.

If you like, you can die of hunger,” said the corporal. - It's happened to me so many times. A hopeless occupation, I tell you, is to die of hunger. When we were covered in snow near Ibbleshtarn, I ate our sergeant's leg. All to be honest, before that he ate my ... - he looked at the faces of the recruits. - Nu not own same was there is!

When you don't know what to do, make more fuss. So says the soldier's wisdom. And hope that enemies will suddenly fly in.

“If they don’t, then let them hold on tighter to their carrots,” said Manicle. “They’re underground now, too.”

It is not difficult to become a soldier, otherwise there would be no soldiers at all. You need to remember only three things, namely: the first is to follow orders, the second is to pour the enemy properly, the third is not to die

- Everything is easier than pulling them off alive!

- Everything is easier than pulling them off alive!

Remember, remember, remember... when steel and flesh meet... be the one who holds the steel.

I myself am not a big fan of books, but I know one thing well: the main thing is to make sure that not you die for your country, but some other poor fellow.

But Lieutenant Blouses...
Let them do their own numbers. He considers himself a soldier, although in life do not happen on the battlefield. All this nonsense that he said to your newspaper about the death or glory... that's what I'll tell you the perks. Death I've seen so many times that I lost count and Thank me does not.

Do you know why soldiers are trained, the perks? And why would you have to shout all the little sons of bitches like Strappi? To make you ready in order to stab with a sword of some poor guy who, as it happens, dressed in the enemy uniform. It is the same as you, and you're just like him. He doesn't particularly want to kill you, and you don't really want to kill him. But if you don't put him first, he'll tuck you in. This is the beginning and the end of military science.

There is one little rule that sometimes life captures in the brain force: you're not the only one watching the others. Other people, too. You look at them, they look at you. You think about them they think about you. The world is not just from you.