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Ernie Pyle Quotes: War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth.
         

War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth.


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Our artillery has really been sensational. For once we have enough of something and at the right time. Officers tell me they actually have more guns than they know what to do with.



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Thoughts are wonderful things, that they can bring two people, so far apart, into harmony and understanding for even a little while.



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Say what you will, nothing can make a complete soldier except battle experience.



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I've been immersed in it too long. My spirit is wobbly and my mind is confused. The hurt has become too great.



Below us the Thames grew lighter, and all around below were the shadows - the dark shadows of buildings and bridges that formed the base of this dreadful masterpiece.

Below us the Thames grew lighter, and all around below were the shadows - the dark shadows of buildings and bridges that formed the base of this dreadful masterpiece.



For me war has become a flat, black depression without highlights, a revulsion of the mind and an exhaustion of the spirit.

For me war has become a flat, black depression without highlights, a revulsion of the mind and an exhaustion of the spirit.



If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will let you alone.

If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will let you alone.



There is no sense in the struggle, but there is no choice but to struggle.

There is no sense in the struggle, but there is no choice but to struggle.



About every two minutes a new wave of planes would be over. The motors seemed to grind rather than roar, and to have an angry pulsation like a bee buzzing in blind fury.

About every two minutes a new wave of planes would be over. The motors seemed to grind rather than roar, and to have an angry pulsation like a bee buzzing in blind fury.



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I try not to take any foolish chances, but there's just no way to play it completely safe and still do your job.





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