“You’re a Democrat, aren’t you general?” somebody asked.
“What sensible man isn’t?” Custer returned.
Harry Turtledove Quotes
born 1949 United States
Harry Norman Turtledove (born 14 June 1949) is an American novelist, best known for his works in several genres, including that of alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, and science fiction.
- United States
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- Science fiction authors
Also known as: Turtledove, Harry
285 quotes
I think this is called peace. We used to have it all the time.
Southern Victory (1997)
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That was true, but, like a lot of true things, didn’t tell the whole story or even most of it.
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She looked so angelic, any real angel who saw her would have been extremely suspicious.
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Dowling had long since abandoned optimism along with the other illusions of his youth.
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Martyrdom was easier to contemplate in the abstract than to embrace in the flesh.
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Hopes were only shadows that too often vanished in the pitiless light of reality.
Opening of the World (2007)
Moonlight had a way of letting you down when you needed it most.
Southern Victory (1997)
The War Department had never forgiven Jake for being right.
Southern Victory (1997)
It was like trying to kill a butterfly with an axe.
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That was something else war was about: not caring.
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She knew the sea too well ever to trust it.
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At sixteen, you knew you could do the impossible.
At forty-three, you knew damn well you couldn’t.
Southern Victory (1997)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Harry Turtledove (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.