Last Citadel Quotes

“The thinner of the two was the edgy, pinched one. Both boys had buzzed haircuts but this one looked like a match head, there was something incendiary about him. “Private Frolov.” His name had to escape his mouth as though words were prisoners in this boy’s head. “Private Frolov? I’m not going to call out ‘Hey, Private Frolov, shoot those Nazi fuckers for me!’ in the middle of a battle. What’s your name, boy?” “Um . . . um . . .” “Yes?” “Alexander Mikhailovich Frolov.” This one will be fun, thought Dimitri. The quiet ones always are after you put some vodka in them. He guessed the skinny one would be the harder fighter of the two when the time came. Life for the quiet ones is a fight all the time. Good. He’ll keep his head.”
― David L. Robbins, Last Citadel: A Novel of the Battle of Kursk