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"When war reached out its hand, what did wealth and power matter? A fool with a gun could take them away. A fool with a gun had just taken them away."
"Only two promotions really mattered: the one up from buck private and the one to general’s rank."

Harry Norman Turtledove is an American historian and author who is best known for his work in the genres of alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and mystery fiction. He lives in Southern California.
Harry Norman Turtledove is an American historian and author who is best known for his work in the genres of alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and mystery fiction. He lives in Southern California.
View all quotes by Harry Turtledove"When war reached out its hand, what did wealth and power matter? A fool with a gun could take them away. A fool with a gun had just taken them away."
"Moonlight had a way of letting you down when you needed it most."
"She looked so angelic, any real angel who saw her would have been extremely suspicious."
"Scipio would sooner have gone on without the revolution than the other way around."
"Falling asleep in a corset was impressive proof of what exhaustion could do."
"“What’s obvious,” Morrell observed, “isn’t always true.”"