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Someday when peace has returned to this odd world I want to come to London again and stand on a certain balcony on a moonlit night and look down upon the peaceful silver curve of the Thames with its dark bridges.

~Ernie Pyle

Topics: Again Balcony Bridges Certain Come Curve Dark Down London Look Night Odd Peace Peaceful Returned Silver Someday Stand Thames Want World

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If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will leave you alone.

~Ernie Pyle

Topics: Alone Bath Enough Even Fleas Go Leave Long Will Without You

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I've been immersed in it too long. My spirit is wobbly and my mind is confused. The hurt has become too great.

~Ernie Pyle

Topics: Become Been Confused Great Hurt Immersed Long Mind Spirit Too

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About every two minutes a new wave of planes would be over. The motors seemed to grind rather than roar, and to have an angry pulsation like a bee buzzing in blind fury.

~Ernie Pyle

Topics: About Angry Bee Blind Every Fury Grind Like Minutes Motors New Over Planes Rather Roar Seemed Than Two Wave Would

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I was away from the front lines for a while this spring, living with other troops, and considerable fighting took place while I was gone. When I got ready to return to my old friends at the front I wondered if I would sense any change in them.

~Ernie Pyle

Topics: Any Away Change Considerable Fighting Friends Front Front Lines Gone Got Lines Living Old Old Friends Other Place Ready Return Sense Spring Them Took Troops While Wondered Would

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War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth.

~Ernie Pyle

Topics: Creatures Earth Giant Inhabit Little Makes Men Out Routine Strange Us War Who

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The front-line soldier wants it to be got over by the physical process of his destroying enough Germans to end it. He is truly at war. The rest of us, no matter how hard we work, are not.

~Ernie Pyle

Topics: Destroying End Enough Germans Got Hard He His How Matter Over Physical Process Rest Soldier Truly Us Wants War Work

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At last we are in it up to our necks, and everything is changed, even your outlook on life.

~Ernie Pyle

Topics: Changed Even Everything Last Life Necks Our Outlook Up Your

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But to the fighting soldier that phase of the war is behind. It was left behind after his first battle. His blood is up. He is fighting for his life, and killing now for him is as much a profession as writing is for me.

~Ernie Pyle

Topics: After Battle Behind Blood Fighting First He Him His Left Life Me Much Now Phase Profession Soldier Up War Writing

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If I can just see the European war out I think I might feel justified in quitting the war.

~Ernie Pyle

Topics: European Feel Just Justified Might Out Quitting See Think War I Think I Can

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: August 3rd, 1900

Died: April 18th, 1945

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