I heart Band of Brothers.

Nixon: I don’t know why I’m still doing this.
Winters: What, drinkin’?
Nixon: No, hiding it in your footlocker. I’m a captain, for christ’s sake.
Winters: Well, why don’t you just give it up.
Nixon: Drinking?
Winters [with sarcasm]: No, hiding it in my footlocker. You’re a captain, for pete’s sake.

I know the feelin’.

“It’s funny,” she said, narrowing her eyes. “There are things you’re just positive will happen to you. Then there’s that second when you realize, Jesus Christ. Maybe they won’t.”

-from “Passing the Hat” by Jennifer Egan (short story published in “Emerald City” collection).