The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins Quotes

“First, people tolerate evil because they see some benefit to themselves,' he said. 'Then, they feed it in hope that it will turn into something else. Then, they appease it in hope that it will not turn against them. Then, they respect it because they fear it. Finally, someone has to step up and stamp it out! (...)”
― Walter Dean Myers, The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: A World War II Soldier, Normandy, France, 1944

“You think we'll ever get used to the killing?" I ask Bobby Joe.
"I don't know," he answered. "I hope it's over before we do. I don't want to get used to it.”
― Walter Dean Myers, The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: A World War II Soldier, Normandy, France, 1944

“Things that matter in the morning somehow don't matter in the afternoon.”
― Walter Dean Myers, The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: A World War II Soldier, Normandy, France, 1944