Quotes from John Masters

In the West, the past is very close. In many places, it still believes it's the present.

While Piroo and the Jemadar went round the town completing their purchases

God, he thought, what would I not give to be drinking a pint of beer in the mess in Aldershot now, or in the Lord Nelson bar in Dover, morning parades done with and nothing whatever to do or think about until inspection tomorrow.