First Sgt. Edward Welsh Monologues

Everything a lie… Everything you hear, everything you see… So much to spew out… They just keep coming, one after another… You’re in a box… A moving box… They want you dead, or in their lie. Only one thing a man can do – find something that’s his, and make an island for himself. If I never meet you in this life, let me feel the lack; a glance from your eyes, and my life will be yours.

In this world, a man, himself, is nothing. And there ain’t no world but this one.

We’re living in a world that’s blowing itself to hell as fast as everybody can arrange it. In a situation like that aII a man can do is shut his eyes and let nothing touch him. Look out for himself.

If I never meet you in this life, let me feel the lack. A glance from your eyes, and my life will be yours.

There’s not some other world out there where everything’s gonna be okay. There’s just this one, just this rock.

This army’s gonna kiII you. If you were smart, you’d take care of yourself. There’s nothing you can do for anybody else. You’re just running into a burning house where nobody can be saved.

I don’t have that feeling yet. That numbness. Not Iike the rest of you guys. Maybe cause I knew what to expect. Maybe I was just frozen up already.

Captain, you say one more word to thank me, I’II knock you right in the teeth. You mention me in your fuckin’ orders and I’II resign so fast and Ieave you here to run this busted-up outfit by yourself. You understand?

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