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Pappa Zulu – Chapter 39
“The traumatized soul finds no rest in conditions of peace. Its forever questing for violence, for action, for the same combination of factors which gave rise to it in the first place. In this way, it...
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Pappa Zulu – Chapter 41
“War does not determine who is right – only who is left.” -Bertrand Russell He knelt low behind the tree at the edge of the property. His legs were aching and his chest was on fire, the result of the...
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Pappa Zulu – Chapter 42
“All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavor to find out what you don’t know by what you do; that’s what I called ‘guessing what was at the other side of the hill.’”...
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Pappa Zulu – Chapter 45
“Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.” -Sophocles Damn it, this feels familiar, Saunders thought as she sat hunched by the store window and listened for the rotors beating above. And...
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Pappa Zulu – Chapter 46
“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.” -John F. Kennedy They kept the lead chopper in their sights, hoping to catch some sign of...
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Pappa Zulu – Chapter 47
“An ambuscade, if discovered and promptly surrounded, will repay the intended mischief with interest.” -Vegetius Andrews held back and tapped his foot impatiently as the two nurses pulled the doors...
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Pappa Zulu – Chapter 49
“Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint...
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Pappa Zulu – Chapter 51
“A conqueror is always a lover of peace.” -Karl Von Clausewitz “Eagle Eye to Boa Five Actual. Come in please.” Dezba didn’t grab hold of the radio right away. He and the others were still laying wire...
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Pappa Zulu – Chapter 53
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” -Bertrand Russell “Stop!” yelled a voice. It was not the amplified one this time, but it was still...
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Pappa Zulu – Chapter 54
“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.” -Albert Pike He poked his head out just far enough to get a look at the enemy...
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Pappa Zulu – Chapter 56
“A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.” -Martin Luther King, Jr. “Holy shit, where’d they come from?” Saunders looked to the sky, to the precise point where Whitman was staring. She...
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Pappa Zulu – Chapter 58
“Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers.” -Khalil Gibran The doc ran his penlight over her eyes and clicked it off. He did...
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Pappa Zulu – Chapter 59
“To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.” -Buddha It was the single sweetest thing anyone in the platoon had seen in...
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Pappa Zulu – Chapter 60
“There is an old saying that there are some defeats more triumphant than victories. The reverse is also true.” -Lieutenant Andrea Saunders The smoke plumes and fires only seemed to get worse the closer...
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Pappa Zulu – Chapter 61
“Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.” -Douglas MacArthur The silence inside the tent was palpable. Despite the presence of several bodies, clustered together in a tight space with barely...
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Alpha Mike: Prologue
“There are two ways to fight an infection. One, you remove it cell by cell from the infected area and hope it gets better. Or two, burn it out and rest confident in the knowledge that it will never...
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Oscar Mike – Chapter One
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” -Albert Einstein The convergence of so many lights ahead of them cast an artificial glow on the night sky. Between...
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Oscar Mike – Chapter Three
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” -Aristotle The familiar pops went off, up and down the range. One by one, the grunts in their khakis sighted down their...
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Oscar Mike – Chapter One
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” -Albert Einstein His hand trembled as soon as the pen touched the paper. He had noticed the tremors as soon as he...
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Oscar Mike – Chapter Two
“Prayer is a confession of one’s own unworthiness and weakness.” -Mahatma Gandhi Haynes gave his spine a quick adjustment, pushing his stomach out and driving his hands into the small of his back....
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