p. 227
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“You’re actually a soldier,” he said to me, “and you go along with this foolishness?”
“I didn’t ask to be a soldier. And I can’t imagine a peace as foolish as this war we’re in.”
— Joe Haldeman
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "“You’re actually a soldier,” he said to me, “and you go along with this foolishness?”
“I didn’t ask to be a soldier. And I can’t imagine a peace as foolish as this war we’re in.”" in the context of "p. 227" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Joe Haldeman" (Quotes, Forever Peace (1997): All page numbers from the mass market paperback edition published by Ace )
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About Joe Haldeman
Joe William Haldeman (born 9 June 1943) is an American science fiction author.
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