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From Here to Eternity QUOTES

From Here to Eternity QUOTES

61 " he never was so lonely when he was alone as when he was in the midst of people. "

― James Jones , From Here to Eternity

62 " The women ran this world; and nobody knew it better than a man in love. "

― James Jones , From Here to Eternity

63 " I say plan for the future, sure. But dont let the plans for the future that there may not be any of, displace what little life you can live now. "

― James Jones , From Here to Eternity

64 " I’m the kind of a guy who dont like to get too close to any individual, to see his faults; if I do, it shuts off the love I feel; then I get angry and hate myself for it afterwards; and if I have to stay close to the guy, or the thing, I eventually get to hate him, or it, too. "

― James Jones , From Here to Eternity

65 " Funny how the little things like a smoke seemed so wonderful and good when you were bad off and you thought if I ever get out of this one I’ll take more time to enjoy the little things. And then you never hardly noticed them when everything was going good in your favor again. "

― James Jones , From Here to Eternity

66 " suddenly you discovered you had it and had had it a long time without knowing it. That was the way it was with pain. "

― James Jones , From Here to Eternity

67 " He felt a very great tenderness, such as one feels with a beautiful child, and with it the same selfish unreasonable urge to protect it from all the things it does not know yet, not because of saving it hurt, but to keep it beautiful. "

― James Jones , From Here to Eternity

68 " In crisis, the Old Army maxim ran, seek refuge in anonymity. "

― James Jones , From Here to Eternity