Treacherous Is the Night Quotes

“I was not so narrow-minded as to not recognize that many of the enemy were good men caught up in the same cog of war that had entrapped us all. Men I would probably have befriended under other circumstances.”
― Anna Lee Huber, Treacherous Is the Night

“War makes the irrational rational,' I replied simply and then sighed. 'I know this isn't war anymore, but...'
His gaze met mine. 'But it sure bloody feels like it.”
― Anna Lee Huber, Treacherous Is the Night

“A profound sadness overcame me as I gingerly picked my way through the dust of what had undoubtably been a flourishing village before the war. This place where people had lived and loved and dreamed had been turned into mere fodder for the enemy's weapons. A quick glance at Sidney's face showed that he was digesting the same thoughts, though he seemed more inclined to anger than dismay.”
― Anna Lee Huber, Treacherous Is the Night

“We had both lost whatever pretensions we'd clung to during the long years of the war. We'd both witnessed the best and worst of man. We'd both roughed it, sleeping in such lowly hovels as trench dugouts and barns. Perhaps it was in these unassuming spaces that we were truly ourselves.”
― Anna Lee Huber, Treacherous Is the Night

“But it is a long game, yes? And sometimes one cannot see the ramifications of one's actions until it's too late.”
― Anna Lee Huber, Treacherous Is the Night

“Because for the first time since his return from the grave, there was nothing between us but the sweat of our own skin.”
― Anna Lee Huber, Treacherous Is the Night