I Love a Man in Uniform Quotes

“Soon I was weeping---for the reservists who put their entire lives on hold when called to duty, for the military mothers who had to keep their families together all alone, for the parents, spouses, sons, and daughters who were beset with worry, for Mike, and for the soldiers who would never come home. I only meant to buy a shower curtain, and now, quite unexpectedly, right when I least wanted it, months of pent-up loneliness, fear, and frustration were pouring out in an endless churn of hot, silent tears.”
― Lily Burana, I Love a Man in Uniform: A Memoir of Love, War, and Other Battles

“War is hell and waiting is hell and war is waiting.”
― lily burana, I Love a Man in Uniform: A Memoir of Love, War, and Other Battles

“It was then that I felt the full gravity of his profession. This was a real warrior, with real principles. Not a bang-bang Hollywood type, not a bendable dress-up doll in a hot uniform. A soldier, a soul. Life and death decisions were not an academic exercise for him, and he was not playing at this.”
― lily burana, I Love a Man in Uniform: A Memoir of Love, War, and Other Battles

“A military man's courtship rites may not be poetic, but then, they're not cryptic, either. Even if he's bashful, when he fancies you, you know it, because you can't hide a lover's blush under the Army's signature high-and-tight haircut.”
― Lily Burana, I Love a Man in Uniform: A Memoir of Love, War, and Other Battles