Lancejack Quotes

“I could see that Konny didn’t belong in the dropship infantry, but not because he was a bad person. He simply loved life too much.”
― Phillip Richards, Lancejack

“Suppressive fire was about terror, about filling your foe with such fear that it compelled him to hide on the ground and weep for his mother.”
― Phillip Richards, Lancejack

“For the Union,’ we chorused quietly. ‘For peace,’ the New Earther whispered instead.  We ignored him, having convinced ourselves that he was mad;  there would never be peace on New Earth…”
― Phillip Richards, Lancejack

“The purpose of reserves was to re-enforce success, rather than protect from failure,”
― Phillip Richards, Lancejack

“Good shooting,’ Okonkwo remarked respectfully. I decided not to point out that the grenades were guided and that Geany was lucky he hadn’t died himself at such close range.”
― Phillip Richards, Lancejack

“Jackson laughed, ‘I bet you rag him for that all the time, don’t you?’ ‘He’s dead.’ ‘Oh. Sorry.”
― Phillip Richards, Lancejack