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Quotes from Southern Victory — Harry Turtledove

born 1949 United States

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“It’s never too early for the truth,” Summers said, which proved he’d never been a lawyer.

Southern Victory (1997)

But then, how much of war was finding out the hard way what the other fellow had that you didn't know about ahead of time? Put that way, it sounded quietly philosophical. Put another way, it meant Sam was likely to get killed because some dimbulb in Philadelphia was asleep at the switch.

Southern Victory (1997)

Pound saw problems and solutions with an almost vicious clarity. As far as he was concerned, everything was simple. And damned if watching him in action didn’t make you wonder whether he had it right and everybody else looked at the world through a kaleidoscope that made everything seem much more complicated than it should have.

Southern Victory (1997)

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