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Sometimes it’s hard to know if someone is insulting or just an American.
“The Good Lord looks out for fools. In your case, apparently He sends the occasional Englishwoman.” “I thought He’d sent you.” “You’re a two-person job, youngster.”
The lake was full of reflected stars.
It was an overcast night. The sky was dark gray with a sliver of moon just edging through. I looked back down, at a lake full of stars.
“Hares. The animal. Long ears. Hops around. Boxes in springtime.” “You mean rabbits?” Christ save me from Americans.
Falling asleep quickly, whenever you have the chance, is the third thing you learn in the army. (The first thing you learn is to keep your mouth shut and let the sergeants blunt their teeth on the people who can’t. The second thing is to never pass up a chance to piss.)
“That the dead don’t walk,”
The dead don’t walk.
The dead may walk, but I will not walk among them.
