Deliciosa Leitura Fantástica (75)

The 1143-year-long war hand begun on false pretenses and only because the two races were unable to communicate. Once they could talk, the first question was 'Why did you start this thing?' and the answer was 'Me? 

The Forever War, Joe Haldeman

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We're headed for Aleph-7. Panty raid. New slang term for the type of operation whose main object was to gather Tauran artifacts, and prisoners if possible. I tried to find out where the term came from, but the one explanation I got was really idiotic.

The Forever War, Joe Haldeman

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I was too old-fashioned male-chauv to allow that; we discussed for a minute and I wound up with the couch.

The Forever War, Joe Haldeman

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Reality becomes illusory and observer-oriented when you study general relativity. Or Buddhism. Or get drafted.  

The Forever War, Joe Haldeman

Deliciosa Leitura Fantástica (71)

Doctors don’t seem to realize that most of us are perfectly content not having to visualize ourselves as animated bags of skin filled with obscene glop.

The Forever War, Joe Haldeman

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But love, he said, love was a fragile blossom; love was a delicate crystal; love was an unstable reaction with a half-life of about eight months. Bullshit, I said, and accused him of wearing cultural blinders; thirty centuries of prewar society taught that love was one thing that could last to the grave and even beyond and if he had been born instead of hatched he would know that without being told!

The Forever War, Joe Haldeman

Deliciosa Leitura Fantástica (69)

One cannot make command decisions simply by assessing the tactical situation and going ahead with whatever course of action will do the most harm to the enemy with a minimum of death and damage to your own men and materiel. Modern warfare has become very complex, especially during the last century. Wars are won not by a simple series of battles won, but by a complex interrelationship among military victory, economic pressures, logistic maneuvering, access to the enemy’s information, political postures—dozens, literally dozens of factors.

The Forever War, Joe Haldeman

Deliciosa Leitura Fantástica (68)

So here we were, fifty men and fifty women, with IQs over 150 and bodies of unusual health and strength, slogging elitely through the mud and slush of central Missouri, reflecting on the usefulness of our skill in building bridges on worlds where the only fluid is an occasional standing pool of liquid helium.

The Forever War, Joe Haldeman

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Tonight we're going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man.

The Forever War, Joe Haldeman