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1 " In this place, upwards of 400,000British men were going to be killed. They'd lost 20,000just the other day. He sucked a grim smile. It was likerich countries deliberately killing themselves, leavingtheir battered remains ready for the revolution that would surely come, for who could return home withoutwanting to face those who had wasted good men thus? "
― Paul Cornell , Doctor Who: Human Nature
2 " You see more undone buttons and exposed podge outside a beer tent than anywhere short of the Flaborama on Boojus 5. "
3 " I did that because I was trying very hard. To fit in. To be one of the gang. I wanted to have a place so much that I did things I didn't really want to do.' He glanced at Joan. 'I've got a place now, I know who I want to be. I've grown up. I'm sorry that I gave you the wrong advice. "
4 " what about the bullies?' 'They're the worst thing in the world. It's a big circle. They hurt people. The people they hurt feel powerless and go on to hurt other people when they're able to. And the original bullies were once hurt themselves. The wheel keeps on turning. Unless you step off. "
5 " The boys stood before him in a square, at attention. Hutchinson, Merryweather and the other Captains stood at the front, their OTC uniforms neatly pressed and clean. The outfits were a light tan. Nobody would mistake them for the real thing, but they did give the lads a soldierly air. 'All present and correct, Captain Merryweather?' he asked. "