“War - the ordinary man's most convenient means of escaping from the ordinary.”
Philip Caputo“The essence of the Marine Corps experience, I decided, was pain.”
Philip Caputo, A Rumor Of War“I don't care if your the President of the United States, the Queen of England, the inventor of the microchip, a bankable movie star, or an ordinary Joe or Jill, you're no paragon in my book, but the same as a zebra or gazelle - a source of protein. In fact, I'd rather hunt you, because you're slow and feeble.”
Philip Caputo, Ghosts of Tsavo: Stalking the Mystery Lions of East Africa“I really believe that when we start talking ourselves back, we'll have more to offer the world." he [Woodenkinfe] said. "I don't want a gray world.""You mean taking back our cultures and where we come from.""Absolutely! You want to talk about the fabric of this country, that's it.""So rather than a melting pot, it would be a...""A blanket of color, all sewn in the shape of the U.S.”
Philip Caputo, The Longest Road: Overland in Search of America, from Key West to the Arctic Ocean