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Soldiers Books
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by (shelved 28 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,460,953 ratings — published 1985

by (shelved 21 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.27 — 84,027 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 20 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.06 — 5,439 ratings — published 2009

by (shelved 19 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.32 — 178,860 ratings — published 1999

by (shelved 16 times as soldiers)
avg rating 3.97 — 80,971 ratings — published 2000

by (shelved 14 times as soldiers)
avg rating 3.90 — 61,690 ratings — published 2002

by (shelved 13 times as soldiers)
avg rating 3.74 — 26,578 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 12 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,175 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 11 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.29 — 80,377 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 11 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.14 — 178,684 ratings — published 1974

by (shelved 11 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.16 — 193,229 ratings — published 2007

by (shelved 10 times as soldiers)
avg rating 3.90 — 56,094 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 10 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,877 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 10 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.05 — 8,895 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 10 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.14 — 340,751 ratings — published 1990

by (shelved 10 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,676 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 9 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.20 — 53,246 ratings — published 2010

by (shelved 9 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.24 — 24,478 ratings — published 1997

by (shelved 9 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.01 — 47,506 ratings — published 1973

by (shelved 8 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,315 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 8 times as soldiers)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,050 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 8 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.02 — 6,076 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 8 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,657 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 8 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,321 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 8 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.19 — 11,566 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 8 times as soldiers)
avg rating 3.82 — 77,281 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 8 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.29 — 2,034 ratings — published 2010

by (shelved 8 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,324 ratings — published 2009

by (shelved 8 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,900 ratings — published 2007

by (shelved 7 times as soldiers)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,758 ratings — published 2019

by (shelved 7 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,176 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 7 times as soldiers)
avg rating 3.87 — 8,077 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 7 times as soldiers)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,063 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 7 times as soldiers)
avg rating 3.79 — 458 ratings — published 2008

by (shelved 7 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.02 — 5,599 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 7 times as soldiers)
avg rating 3.79 — 119,907 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 7 times as soldiers)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,055 ratings — published 2009

by (shelved 7 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.23 — 220,284 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 6 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,315,820 ratings — published 2023

by (shelved 6 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,538 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 6 times as soldiers)
avg rating 3.97 — 5,750 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 6 times as soldiers)
avg rating 3.91 — 45,998 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 6 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,616 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 6 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,897 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 6 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.01 — 17,315 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 6 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.17 — 13,213 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 6 times as soldiers)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,944 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 6 times as soldiers)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,184,951 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 6 times as soldiers)
avg rating 4.10 — 737,651 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 6 times as soldiers)
avg rating 3.81 — 16,836 ratings — published 2012

“That's a nice song," said young Sam, and Vimes remembered that he was hearing it for the first time.
"It's an old soldiers' song," he said.
"Really, sarge? But it's about angels."
Yes, thought Vimes, and it's amazing what bits those angels cause to rise up as the song progresses. It's a real soldiers' song: sentimental, with dirty bits.
"As I recall, they used to sing it after battles," he said. "I've seen old men cry when they sing it," he added.
"Why? It sounds cheerful."
They were remembering who they were not singing it with, thought Vimes. You'll learn. I know you will.”
― Night Watch
"It's an old soldiers' song," he said.
"Really, sarge? But it's about angels."
Yes, thought Vimes, and it's amazing what bits those angels cause to rise up as the song progresses. It's a real soldiers' song: sentimental, with dirty bits.
"As I recall, they used to sing it after battles," he said. "I've seen old men cry when they sing it," he added.
"Why? It sounds cheerful."
They were remembering who they were not singing it with, thought Vimes. You'll learn. I know you will.”
― Night Watch

“If the thing they were fighting for was important enough to die for then it was also important enough for them to be thinking about it in the last minutes of their lives. That stood to reason. Life is awfully important so if you've given it away you'd ought to think with all your mind in the last moments of your life about the thing you traded it for. So did all those kids die thinking of democracy and freedom and liberty and honor and the safety of the home and the stars and stripes forever?
You're goddamn right they didn't.
They died crying in their minds like little babies. They forgot the thing they were fighting for the things they were dying for. They thought about things a man can understand. They died yearning for the face of a friend. They died whimpering for the voice of a mother a father a wife a child They died with their hearts sick for one more look at the place where they were born please god just one more look. They died moaning and sighing for life. They knew what was important They knew that life was everything and they died with screams and sobs. They died with only one thought in their minds and that was I want to live I want to live I want to live.
He ought to know. He was the nearest thing to a dead man on earth.”
― Johnny Got His Gun
You're goddamn right they didn't.
They died crying in their minds like little babies. They forgot the thing they were fighting for the things they were dying for. They thought about things a man can understand. They died yearning for the face of a friend. They died whimpering for the voice of a mother a father a wife a child They died with their hearts sick for one more look at the place where they were born please god just one more look. They died moaning and sighing for life. They knew what was important They knew that life was everything and they died with screams and sobs. They died with only one thought in their minds and that was I want to live I want to live I want to live.
He ought to know. He was the nearest thing to a dead man on earth.”
― Johnny Got His Gun
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