A Bridge Too Far Quotes

“It began to seem that the generals had got us into something they had no business doing.”
― Cornelius Ryan, A Bridge Too Far

“But sir, I think we might be going a bridge too far.”
― Cornelius Ryan, A Bridge Too Far: The Classic History of the Greatest Battle of World War II

“Where is the Prince who can afford so to cover his country with troops for its defense, as that 10,000 men descending from the clouds, might not, in many places, do an infinite deal of mischief before a force could be brought together to repel them?” It had been written in 1784 by Benjamin Franklin.”
― Cornelius Ryan, A Bridge Too Far: The Classic History of the Greatest Battle of World War II

“... la pregunta no formulada seguía siendo: ¿cuánto tiempo más debían resistir? En aquellos momentos, en las primeras horas del domingo 24 de septiembre, después de ocho días de batalla, se calculaban las fuerzas de Urquhart en menos de 2.500 hombres. Y para todos ellos solamente había una pregunta: ¿cuándo llegarán las fuerzas de Monty?”
― Cornelius Ryan, A Bridge Too Far