# Quote — James Morrow, This Is the Way the World Ends

> “You want a motive, William? I’ve got a motive. Vengeance may not be a pretty word, but it’s what’s expected of us.”
>
> “Right!” said Sverre. “We owe it to all those millions of dead people to make more millions of dead people. Be careful how you rewrite strategic doctrine, General, or you’ll come out of this war without a single medal.”

- Author: [James Morrow](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow.md)
- Book: [This Is the Way the World Ends](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/this-is-the-way-the-world-ends.md)
- Page: 80
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/this-is-the-way-the-world-ends/you-want-a-motive

## More from this book

> For moral reasons, the young Reverend Peter Sparrow declined to join the Saturday night gatherings of the Erebus Poker Club. Gambling, he knew, was Satan’s third favorite pastime, after sex and ecumenicalism.

p. 97 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/this-is-the-way-the-world-ends/for-moral-reasons.md)

> “It must have been hard converting your elders in the Pentagon to this view.”
>
> “Ever try stuffing a melted marshmallow up a wildcat’s ass? It can be done, but you have to like your job.”

p. 165 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/this-is-the-way-the-world-ends/it-must-have.md)

> Now we’re getting somewhere, George told himself, although he sensed that this situation would not endure.

p. 43 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/this-is-the-way-the-world-ends/now-were-getting.md)