He is blind to the dead, to the burning villages, to the starving children. As is the Rebel. Two blind armies, able to see nothing but one another. The Black Company (1984)
I grinned. “The unwritten law of all armies, Captain. The lower ranks have the privilege of questioning the sanity and competence of their commanders. It’s the mortar holding an army together.” The Black Company (1984)
One’s own yesterday is a ghost that will not be laid. Death is the only exorcism. The White Rose (1985)