Quotes / No Place for a Warrior

"Peace was the death of the Klingon Empire. Thankfully, it was a mistake that we caught in time. Conflict makes us Klingon. Combat makes us strong."

— J'mpok, Chancellor of the Klingon Empire, "The Path to 2409", Star Trek Online

After the war, we were ousted and scorned, Nuremberg really wanted to settle a score there. We lost our purpose, but worse, we lost our chance at the one true gift that could be awarded men like us: A true gloriful death! Without glory, our deaths would be meaningless. So in this towering wall of civilization of peace und stagnation, we had to break through! little by little, we carved away and finally we could see our glory on the other side. There with vicious steel and crimson heart stood Hellsing. So danke schoen dear fauleins, for finally giving us the happy ending we desperately craved!

—The Major, Hellsing Ultimate Abridged

The Galaxy has changed. There are many wars, but little honor to be won from them.

—Rayvis, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

He thought for a moment about returning to Tokyo, but he was no longer a student at that school. He didn't even have an apartment. His mission to protect Chidori Kaname was over, and... he couldn't make a living there. There were no battles to fight, and fighting was the one thing he was good at. It was the only thing he knew.

—"Ending Day by Day", Full Metal Panic!

Alan: Captain, ain't you looking forward to a new era of peace and understanding?
Captain Zod: There'll be no 'peace and understanding' for the likes of us, soldier. It'll be a 'new era' of working security in two-bit shopping malls.
Alan: But general, we're veterans. We'll be war heroes!
Zod: We'll be on the scrap-heap, boy.

— Z Steel Soldiers

"The Armistice brought a momentary thrill of victory which soon faded. I think only the civilians get any real joy out of the end of a war, and the release from the strain of eternal waiting [...] Frankly, I had enjoyed the war."

— Adrian Carton de Wiart, "Happy Odyssey"