Revolution Calling Quotes

“One kilometer. One thousand meters. An easy run, unless something was trying to kill you.”
― William S. Frisbee Jr., Revolution Calling

“We are the last Marines. We are Americans. As long as we live, America lives. That dream lives.”
― William S. Frisbee Jr., Revolution Calling

“You?” Duque asked. “A gunnery sergeant from the past?” Mathison stood and looked down at Duque and Carpenter. “Yes. You had a choice. You could have led, followed or gotten the hell out of the way. I invited you two officers in here to come up with a plan. You didn’t lead; I did. So now your choices are to follow or get the hell out of the way.”
― William S. Frisbee, Jr., Revolution Calling

“Most colony planets were like this, always raining. Maybe it had something to do with the ingredients for life or maybe it was because humans loved misery, but it rained a lot on most human-occupied planets.”
― William S. Frisbee, Jr., Revolution Calling

“You know what the Marine Corps policy is about rain, right?” Mathison asked. “If it ain’t raining, we ain’t training,” Stathis said sadly. “Oorah!” Levin said with false enthusiasm, and Stathis groaned. Winters shook her head. Grunts.”
― William S. Frisbee, Jr., Revolution Calling

“After that?” Levin asked. “One suicide mission at a time,” Mathison said.”
― William S. Frisbee, Jr., Revolution Calling

“What can you do?” Winters asked. “Use a lot of harsh language,” Sloss said.”
― William S. Frisbee, Jr., Revolution Calling

“Mathison began taping Stathis’ weapons to him. “What are you doing?” Niels asked. “The little punk mongoloid likes his weapons,” Mathison said, taping another weapon to Stathis’ leg. “So?” Niels said. “So, if the little snot-nosed private wakes up without his new toys, he’s going”
― William S. Frisbee, Jr., Revolution Calling

“All the fighting for your life; you are soldiers. Why?” “It isn’t like that,” Theisen said. “Being a warrior is ninety-nine percent boredom and one percent fear. Well. Maybe there is two percent fun shooting stuff, but then thirty percent cleaning stuff and—”
― William S. Frisbee, Jr., Revolution Calling

“It is like being in a science fiction movie,” Stathis said. “Private?” Mathison began. “We just got off a spaceship after a trip through a wormhole that transported us several parsecs in a few hours. That isn’t science fiction to you?”
― William S. Frisbee, Jr., Revolution Calling

“We are Aesir!” They almost screamed their defiance as their attack failed to stop the monster. “We cast our fear into the hearts of our enemies!”
― William S. Frisbee, Jr., Revolution Calling

“Your permanent dissolution is imminent,” the alien said. That was a funny way to say “you are going to die.”
― William S. Frisbee, Jr., Revolution Calling

“Being enclosed in a drop pod with three other Aesir was claustrophobic, and you couldn’t move. It was easy to panic, and Aesir spent a lot of time training to withstand such situations. Nobody liked it, but with proper conditioning, it was amazing what people could adjust to.”
― William S. Frisbee, Jr., Revolution Calling