The Last Town on Earth Quotes

“Another time he felt himself reenacting a conversation with father, a long talk about duty and honor and all the reasons why enlisting was the right thing to do. It was a talk they'd had several months ago, and Frank had agreed with everything his father had said, only this time Frank found himself taking a contrary opinion. What the hell's so honorable about it? Duty to whom? To myself, or the guys who would be fighting without me, or to the people here at home afraid of the Hun? Or duty to President Wilson, or to Carnegie, or to God, or to all the fallen soldiers before me, to Great-grandad Emmett and his bleached bones down at Antietam?”
― Thomas Mullen, The Last Town on Earth

“decision the majority made was right. I know it’s hard”
― Thomas Mullen, The Last Town on Earth

“Even the most boring topics were interesting when you weren’t supposed to be hearing them.”
― Thomas Mullen, The Last Town on Earth

“eremite”
― Thomas Mullen, The Last Town on Earth