“There were dreams once upon a time, dreams now all but forgotten. On sad days I dust them off and fondle them nostalgically, with a patronizing wonder at the naivete of the youth who dreamed them.” DreamWonderYouthForgottenDustOnce Upon A TimePatronizingNaiveteSad Day Book:Chronicles of the Black Company Source: Chronicles of the Black Company
“Soldiers live. He dies and not you, and you feel guilty, because you're glad he died, and not you. Soldiers live, and wonder why.” FeelsDiesWonderDiedSoldierGladGuilty Author:Glen Cook
“I can laugh at peasants and townies chained all their lives to a tiny corner of the earth while I roam its face and see its wonders, but when I go down, there will be no child to carry my name, no family to mourn me save my comrades, no one to remember, no one to raise a marker over my cold bit of ground.” ChildrenI CanEarthRememberFacesNamesBitsWonderLaughingColdRaisesCornersTinyPeasantsMournComradeChainedMarkers Book:Chronicles of the Black Company Source: Chronicles of the Black Company