# Quote — John Kennedy Toole, The Neon Bible

> The war had been on for quite a while now when Poppa got his notice from the draft. He didn't have to go, but he more or less enlisted. Mother and I and Aunt Mae went down to the train to see him off, and when he left he kissed Mother and he cried, and I'd never seen a man cry before. The train pulled away, and we stood there and watched it go, and Mother kept looking long after it had passed around the hill.

- Author: [John Kennedy Toole](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-kennedy-toole.md)
- Book: [The Neon Bible](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-kennedy-toole/the-neon-bible.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Kennedy_Toole#The_Neon_Bible) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-kennedy-toole/the-neon-bible/the-war-had