"Tell him,' the colonel said, smiling, 'that a person doesn’t die when he should but when he can."

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Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts.

— John Green