Mine Were of Trouble Quotes

“I met another like him, nearly two years later, in San Sebastian, who informed me that he was so disgusted with the British for the way they had let down his Czar that he had ceased altogether to drink whiskey.”
― Peter Kemp, Mine Were of Trouble

“He had a bullet in the arm—the nineth or tenth wound of his life—which had damaged the main nerve; but he seemed to rise above it. After a lengthy and painful operation, with only local anesthetics, he found it difficult to sleep, even with morphia;”
― Peter Kemp, Mine Were of Trouble

“In this way I finished the bottle, feeling comparatively little pain during the operation, although I felt a great deal when the effect of the brandy had worn off.”
― Peter Kemp, Mine Were of Trouble

“I believe that all Spaniards⁠—even those fighting us—wish that this war could have been settled one way or another by Spaniards alone. We never wanted our country to become a battleground for foreign powers.”
― Peter Kemp, Mine Were of Trouble

“guess she used to put the horns on him quite a bit. Anyway, about three months ago, just after this war started, she gave him the bird—finally and for good. So he came to Spain to forget his broken heart in the hell and shellholes of Ávila.’ After a pause he went on: ‘What got me was our friend’s description of their poignant parting scene. When he asked her, “Do they mean nothing to you, those nights of love”
― Peter Kemp, Mine Were of Trouble

“Cardozo had fought with distinction in the First World War, after which he joined the staff of the Continental Daily Mail. Brisk, tough and highly intelligent he was a great war correspondent, in the tradition of Walter Harris, Bennett Burghleigh, Gwynne and other illustrious names of the Balkan and Moroccan wars; he was also one of the kindest-hearted men I have ever”
― Peter Kemp, Mine Were of Trouble