The Drifter Quotes

“Dogs always liked little kids. They tasted like sweat and table scraps.”
― Nicholas Petrie, The Drifter

“for a soldier who’d spent eight years at war, not owning a weapon was like a writer emptying his house of pens.”
― Nicholas Petrie, The Drifter

“Thanks also to many writers, including but not limited to Nathaniel Fick, whose book One Bullet Away helped illuminate one Marine lieutenant’s thinking; Tim O’Brien for The Things They Carried, which sure cleared up one young man’s idea of war as glamorous; Phil Klay for Redeployment, which was a personal revelation for me as both reader and writer; and David Finkel for the reporting and writing in Thank You for Your Service. These last three should be required reading for all aspiring architects of future wars.”
― Nicholas Petrie, The Drifter

“They had the politest platoon in the war.”
― Nicholas Petrie, The Drifter