Cadet Kelly

Kelly: Babies can't salute. They're little. They cry even when they don't have to. They're not exactly clean but they smell pretty good, most of the time. They have to be smiled at constantly and you have to carry them around all night and day. If not, they tend to yell.

Kelly: It amaze me that the stuff you learn in military school could actually apply to real life.

Kelly: Since this is my first autobiography, I might not have gotten everything right. The events are true, the feelings are genuine, and my memoirs are finished. But, I might've forgotten what everyone was wearing.

Cadet Captain Jennifer Stone: Once a maggot, always a maggot.

Carla: First lesson: Zip it and listen.
Kelly Collins: Two things I have never mastered.

Cadet Captain Jennifer Stone: But I do have one wish for you, Cadet. That you become a platoon leader, and have to deal with a little maggot... Just like you.