"There was, for many of us, a great escape in reading about the fantastic and supernatural during wartime. Terrors more terrible than those we were living through gave us an outlet for our anxiety."
- M.J. Rose
"In wartime people took action because of what they believed in. In peacetime people were driven by their private concerns."
- Sara Sheridan
"Tommy and I put on a radio play to entertain everyone while they unpacked their cookies. It was about a girl who saves up money for a prom dress, but at the last minute she says, "It's only clothes," ..."
- Ruth Reichl
"In wartime, she thought to herself, you don’t call a death murder."
"It's about more than us, now, can't you see? I love you, of course I do, but some things...some things just have to be done."
- Natasha Farrant
"The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout."
"Fire supposed he needed to be there in order to give rousing speeches and lead the charge into the fray, or whatever is was commanders did in wartime. She resented his competence at something so tragi..."
- Kristin Cashore
"We have our mission and we are going to complete it. So grab your straws and suck it the fuck up."
- Greg Rucka
"Somebody's got to win this war, right?"
"In wartime, everyone loves a soldier, and a wounded hero even more so."
- Jack Higgins