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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“The soldier’s greatest hobby, he thought as he listened to his own voice talking, the bull session, add a bottle and you have his greatest joy, also his greatest escape, he thought. The unofficial institution that is the first-string substitute for women and the age-old conversation where the man explains his ideals and his hopes for his life.…”
— From Here to Eternity, by James Jones
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