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Robert Jordan’s Father
Robert Jordan’s grandfather fought in the American Civil War and imparts the history of this war on a young Jordan. According to Jordan, he was a “hell of a good soldier,” and he reveals to Jordan that he killed during the war, though he does not discuss any of these acts in detail.
Robert Jordan’s Grandfather Quotes in For Whom the Bell Tolls
The For Whom the Bell Tolls quotes below are all either spoken by Robert Jordan’s Grandfather or refer to Robert Jordan’s Grandfather. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 43
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I have fought for what I believed in for a year now. If we win here we will win everywhere. The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it. And you had a lot of luck, he told himself, to have had such a good life. You’ve had just as good a life as grandfather’s though not as long. You’ve had as good a life as any one because of these last days. You do not want to complain when you have been so lucky. I wish there was some way to pass on what I’ve learned, though.
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Robert Jordan’s Grandfather Quotes in For Whom the Bell Tolls
The For Whom the Bell Tolls quotes below are all either spoken by Robert Jordan’s Grandfather or refer to Robert Jordan’s Grandfather. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 43
Quotes
I have fought for what I believed in for a year now. If we win here we will win everywhere. The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it. And you had a lot of luck, he told himself, to have had such a good life. You’ve had just as good a life as grandfather’s though not as long. You’ve had as good a life as any one because of these last days. You do not want to complain when you have been so lucky. I wish there was some way to pass on what I’ve learned, though.
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