Quotes by : Karl Marlantes

'Matterhorn' is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost,....

He ran as he'd never run before, with neither hope nor despair. He ran because the world was divided....

Mellas was transported outside himself, beyond himself. It was as if his mind watched eveything coolly....

We all want to be special, to stand out; there's nothing wrong with this. The irony is that every human....

When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.....

How could you get mad at someone who neither needed to attack nor was at all worried about being able....

War is society's dirty work, usually done by kids cleaning up some failure on the part of the adults.....

Many will argue that there is nothing remotely spiritual in combat. Consider this. Mystical or religious....

Mellas continued to look at the wallet, saying nothing. Hawke, who had been watching Mellas through the....

Everything is touched by the holy when it is in the presence of death.