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The Nominated Works

BEST QUOTES

And you may vote for as many as you want!

Note: the numbers listed are purely to make it easier for you. They have no value at all.

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1

"Andrew, are you alright?"

And for the first time since March 1945, Andrew Carter looked directly into someone's eyes. "Not yet, Peter. But I will be."
Said by: Newkirk, Carter and narrator
Story: Two Hours
Author: Katbybee

2

Burkhalter could almost see the sadism light on Hochstetter's mental dashboard flicker on.

Said by: Narrator
Story: Arrivederci, Hammelberg
Author: SimoneSez

3

Colonel Hogan poured out three slugs of brandy. "To our fathers," he said, lifting a chipped mug. "May we honor their sacrifice and bury their pain."

Said by: Hogan
Story: After the Silence
Author: Abracadebra

4

"Deck the 'alls to your 'eart's content. Just leave me out of it, or I'll deck you."
Said by: Newkirk
Story: Let Nothing You Dismay
Author: Signy1

5

Every form on his desk was a variation of the last: efficiency reports, reports about how efficient the efficiency reports were, reports about how efficient each officer was when they wrote the efficient efficiency reports. The sheer volume of redundant papers on his desk was staggering. One would think that they would figure out multiple copies of the same information wasn't all that… efficient.
Said by: Narrator
Story: Oberst vs. the Paperwork
Author:Visage

6

"Frau Linkmeyer and the commandant? You would not joke with me, would you?"

"Schultzie, would we mess with a man's love life?"
Said by: Schultz & Newkirk
Story: Gatecrashers
Author: Sam Worth

7

He felt like the director of an out-of-control community-players production of And Then There Were None, who had lost his own copy of the script and had no idea what was going to happen next.
Said by: Narrator
Story: Arrivederci, Hammelburg
Author: SimoneSez

8

He owed it to everyone from the king on down to do everything he could to see to it that the right side won the war. A few little things like capture and imprisonment and near-certain torture and death hadn't changed that fundamental truth.
Said by: Narrator
Story: Tratuttore, Traditore
Author: Signy1

9

"He's all yours, LeBeau."

"Since the day I arrived," LeBeau agreed, and, just for a moment, he was back in the cooler, so long ago, a seething ragout of rage and loss and fear. There had been no real reason for the stranger in the next cell to throw him a lifeline; he'd done it anyway.
Said by: Hogan and LeBeau
Story: Let Nothing You Dismay
Author: Signy1

10

"I have you now Hogan, right where I've always wanted you."

"Really? Well, this has been my spot in roll call for the last three years. Why didn't you come sooner?"
Said by: Hochstetter and Hogan
Story: Tuttle's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Author: Tuttle4077

11

"I'm not talking about his normal weirdness. This is different."
Said by: Olsen
Story: Three Ring Circus
Author: Katbybee

12

"If you expect the worst, then it can't hurt you when it happens. And if by some ruddy miracle it doesn't, then you get a very pleasant surprise indeed."
Said by: Newkirk
Story: I've Got A Little List
Author: Signy1

13

It did seem as though every girl Newkirk had met since the war began had done her best to have him tortured, shot, or both.
Said by: Narrator
Story: I've Got a Little List
Author: Signy1

14

"It takes a lot of food to maintain me."
Said by: Schultz
Story: The Incident
Author: Geometrid

15

It was fortunate that they had all gotten to know each other—to continue reading each other, and learning about who they really were. They were all different books with misleading covers and deep pages—and now, today, their little library would survive another day.
Said by: Narrator
Story: You Can't Judge a Book
Author: Crystal Rose of Pollux

16

LeBeau was just picking himself off the ground, mouth bleeding, fists at the ready and eyes blazing hot enough that by rights he should have set fire to his eyebrows.
Said by: Narrator
Story: Traduttore, Traditore
Author: Signy1

17

"Never mind my mind, what about my body?"
Said by: Klink
Story: Accidental Truths
Author: Tuttle4077

18

"No one likes an untidy war."

Said by: Newkirk
Story: Traddutore, Traditore
Author: Signy1

19

"Oh, we couldn't do without generals, General. Or colonels."

"I would very much like to try."
Said by: Klink and Burkhalter
Story: Klink and the Monkey Orchestra
Author: dust on the wind

20

"That was too close a call. We could have been standing over it when it went off. I swear, the next pyromaniac that comes through here, no matter how creepy, I'm snapping him up."

Said by: Hogan
Story: Fortunate Scars
Author: Wind-in-the-Sage

21

"That's all I need, Kinch! An American tellin' an Englishman to eat Russian food cooked by a French chef in a German kitchen! It's enough to drive a bloke crackers!"
Said by: Newkirk
Story: Four-Minute Mile
Author: Whirlyite

22

"The conquering hero returns. How was your date?"

"It wasn't a date. It was a strategically important meeting."

"Oh yeah? And is that strategically important lipstick on your cheek?"

Said by: Kinch, Hogan and LeBeau
Story: Lady Luck
Author: Tuttle4077

23

"Tick-tock, tick-tock? Souffles are supposed to rise and bake delicately, André, not go 'tick-tock, tick-tock'!"
Said by: LeBeau
Story: The Case of the Exploding Chef
Author: Katbybee

24

War creates heroes, almost by accident. Creates them, uses them, and discards them, usually without noticing and certainly without caring much.
Said by: Narrator
Story: Burning Bright
Author: Signy1

25

"Was it the boots that made a man want to stomp angrily around, Newkirk wondered, or was it simply that the sort of man who wore them was the type to stomp anyway? Chicken or the egg, really. Which came first, the Nazi or the nasty?
Said by: Narrator
Story: Traduttore, Traditore
Author: Signy1

26

"Well, Newkirk? What do you think?"

"About the lovely Marya? Well, let's see: she's untrustworthy, she's unpredictable, she's got ice water in her veins, she's more than half mad, she's a lot smarter than she lets on, and she's got absolutely no scruples whatsoever. Frankly, sir, with all due respect… she's you in a dress."
Said by: Hogan and Newkirk
Story: Fools Russian
Author: Signy1

27

"What are the camp rules?"

Carter swallowed, and held up the rest of the plant.

"Don't speak with your mouth full."

Said by: Newkirk, narrator ans Carter
Story: Potentially Poisonous
Author: Wind-in-the-Sage

28

"When it comes to clocks, I, too, have ways of making them tock!"
Said by: Spiegelmann
Story: Tick... Tick... Tick
Author: dust on the wind

29

"You may not think it, but you sure are good at it, Newkirk."

"What?"

"Listening." Being a friend. Anytime, mate. Anytime.
Said by: Carter and Newkirk
Story: Losing what you never had
Author: ArodieltheElfofRohan

30

"You won't regret this, Schultz."

"I probably will. But not until after the strudel. At least I can do my regretting on a full stomach."
Said by: LeBeau and Schultz
Story: Arrivederci, Hammelburg
Author: SimoneSez

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