There was such a dense concentration of energy there [Vietnam], American and essentially adolescent, if that… — Michael Herr
There was such a dense concentration of energy there [Vietnam], American and essentially adolescent, if that energy could have been channeled into anything more than noise, waste and pain it would have lighted up Indochina for a thousand years.
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Mal Hombre: God damn it, Sergeant. I thought you were a professional soldier.
Sergeant: I waited as long as I could, Sir. Any longer, and I was gonna lose my man.
Mal Hombre: This outfit is perfectly capable of taking care of its own dirty laundry. Is that clear, Sergeant?
Sergeant: Colonel, since when is a wounded trooper 'dirty laundry'?
Black sergeant: You a reporter?
Herr: No, a writer.
Black sergeant: Careful. You can't use no eraser up where you wanna go.
