"The soldiers' last meal is generally served out about five o'clock in the afternoon, sometimes earlier; and a stretch of fourteen hours intervenes between then and breakfast."

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Source : MacGill, Patrick (2017). “The Amateur Army”, p.12, Read Books Ltd

Patrick MacGill

#Soldier Quotes #Meals Quotes #Afternoon Quotes

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
“Keep your analysis pure and virtuous.”
“I may not be the best dad but I taught my son how to get free samples at the mall.”
“The Lord doesn't always remove the sources of stress in our lives...but He's always there and cares for us. We can feel His arms around us on the darkest night.”
“I love contemporary poetry because it moves between what we call poetry and what we call philosophy. It joins these fields and makes writing more natural, as in how it is lived in the person. We donâ€™t separate thinking from feeling in real life, so why should we separate it in writing?”
“I hope that you, too, will choose to have a journey instead of just a life. Actually, I hope it's a full on expedition.”

Source : Kelly Cutrone, Meredith Bryan (2010). “If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You”, p.1, Harper Collins
“I will ever be grateful for the wise counsel of a strong and inspired father when he taught, "If you always say no to the first temptation, you will not have to worry if you will be able to say no to the second one."”
“My job is to look at what politics is doing, not be a politician myself.”

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