I wasn't thinking very much about my life when I started for home and France, but I want to say that I'm thinking about it now.

I don't intend to starve or freeze to death if I can help it.

I am going to fight for my life, not for my country.
"This is no time to be sentimental.

It is no time to sit down and pity ourselves or each other.

God knows I am just as sorry for myself as you are for yourselves, but that isn't going to get me anywhere.