Direct Fire Quotes

“There are no stupid questions, Sarrat, only stupid people who ask questions. Go ahead.”
― Rick Partlow, Direct Fire

“Life, he would say, is a grindstone. Whether it grinds you down or polishes you up depends on what you’re made of.”
― Rick Partlow, Direct Fire

“Fuck,” someone muttered somewhere behind me, and I couldn’t help but agree.”
― Rick Partlow, Direct Fire

“Third, you’re the tip of the spear!” Which meant First squad was the point of the tip, and Private Delp was the…well, he was the poor son of a bitch who was going in first.”
― Rick Partlow, Direct Fire

“She’s a lawyer,” Covington spoke up, finally. “She gets paid to make reality conform to the accepted narrative. That’s why everyone hates lawyers.” “Even their own lawyer,” Top added.”
― Rick Partlow, Direct Fire

“In every war, one side wants to paint the other as having some special fortitude, some fearlessness or fanaticism unheard of before in history. It’s a way to make us feel better about ourselves, to explain why we haven’t already won, why when we do, we’ll have accomplished something incredible. So, if it’s any comfort, feel free to imagine they’re thinking the same thing about us.”
― Rick Partlow, Direct Fire

“But those kids hadn’t volunteered to be living shields, even if their adult male family members had.”
― Rick Partlow, Direct Fire

“It’s not like they could send kill teams to find our families or access our military records and blackmail us. Most things the military does are done because they’ve always been done that way.”
― Rick Partlow, Direct Fire

“no one wanted to be the last one killed in the war.”
― Rick Partlow, Direct Fire

“Whether it’s a fire team or a company or the whole damned brigade, look out for your people and accomplish the mission without wasting them.”
― Rick Partlow, Direct Fire

“Politicians and generals had ways of forgetting their promises when push came to shove.”
― Rick Partlow, Direct Fire