Love (I) (2011)
Bradley Horne: Captain Lee Briggs
Quotes
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[first lines]
Captain Lee Briggs : They say, when you hear sounds of devils, all else is quiet. My general question to that is: how do you know that what you are hearing is the work of such devious beings? I would venture to say that most devilish noises occur when large numbers of men decide to force the hand of mortality upon one another. And I'd say further that on such occasions, there is not just one sound, but many. It is a quiet orchestra of death. It is also possible that the man who wrote that saying
[a soldier being hit by mortar fire]
Captain Lee Briggs : might've just had some broke ears.
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Captain Lee Briggs : Why do we struggle to breathe a more righteous breath, when we all end up in the same place?
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Captain Lee Briggs : Sometimes when I wake up, I feel like I'm still sleeping. I feel like all the colours and shapes of the world have collided, and all I can do is just sit there and watch.
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Captain Lee Briggs : I can't explain all this, what uncertainty does to a man's soul, but I do know it can drive the mind mad.
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Captain Lee Briggs : How can eyes that have seen so much be brought to life by a simple thing?
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Captain Lee Briggs : Some say it was the grace of God that gives us the strength to bear the shaking timbers and falling Earth. Most would agree there was just no where to go.
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Captain Lee Briggs : I have decided I am not looking for one discovery. I am simply hoping that we have a history worth remembering.
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Captain Lee Briggs : To be given a pass to watch all others go is perhaps the most troubling thing to ones being.
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General McClain : Captain Lee Briggs.
Captain Lee Briggs : Sir?
General McClain : Man of nine lives. You have any idea how many divisions have us pinned here?
Captain Lee Briggs : No sir.
General McClain : Lets just say, enough to make fate unfavorable.
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Captain Lee Briggs : It's quite an unsettling feeling, to face one's nerves this often. To accept death before each call to advance is frightening.
