Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

by Terry Pratchett

Bein’ a soldier is not hard! If it was, soldiers would not be able to do it!

“From your fear . . . They come from the part that hates the Other, that will not change. They come from the sum of all your pettiness and stupidity and dullness. You fear tomorrow, and you’ve made your fear your god.

Caring for small things had to start with caring for big things, and maybe the world wasn’t big enough.