The Great Santini | Quotes

The Great Santini Quotes

"The Marine Corps hymn was the family song, the song of a warrior's family, the song of war, the Meecham song. 'Families without songs are unhappy families,' Lillian Meecham would say." Chapter 3, pg. 27

"He was tired now after driving through half the night. Behind his sunglasses, the veined eyes were thinned with fatigue and a most dangerous ice had formed over them. The threshing winds of his temper buffeted the car and deep, resonant warning signals were sent out among the children. Silence ruled them in an instant." Chapter 4, pg. 49

"Then with considerable effort, Bull climbed atop the toilet, battling the flailing arms and legs of the desperate, up-ended officer, and was about to dip the colonel head-first into the toilet when profanity filled the latrine and for the first time Bull realized that the man he held suspended so inelegantly was not Virgil Hedgepath." Chapter...
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