(..) a pack of smokes per man. I made my usual percent, of course. So this big-shot lawyer calls me long-distance from Texas. I say, "Yeah?" He says, "Sorry to inform you, but your brother just died." -I'm sorry to hear that. -I'm not. He was an asshole. Ran off years ago. Figured him for dead. (..)

(..) This dock is off limits to civilians. I'm terribly sorry. I didn't know. If I see one, I shall inform you immediately. There's some sort of high-toned and fancy to-do up at the fort. How could it be two upstanding gentlemen such as yourselves did not merit an invitation? (..)

(..) James... Earn this. Earn it. My dear Mrs Ryan, it's with a profound sense of joy that l write to inform you your son Private James Ryan is well and, at this very moment, on his way home from European battlefields. (..)