Colonel Vosch Quotes in The 5th Wave (2016)

Ben Parish: What did we do to deserve...

Colonel Vosch: Nothing. Other than occupy a space we need. We're not that different, Ben. Your kind would do exactly the same thing.

Ben Parish: No. Our kind wouldn't have wiped out an entire species.

Colonel Vosch: Of course you would. You've been doing it for centuries.

Colonel Vosch: [lecturing the children] When I was a child, I spoke as a child. I thought and I reasoned as a child. But when I became a man, I put away childish things. Those words never meant more to me than they do right now, looking at all of you. Our hope. Our future. The best and brightest vision of who we are and what we're fighting for.

Colonel Vosch: [begins pacing] Our intelligence tells us The Others are readying themselves for a final attack. The 5th Wave. What form it will take, we do not know. If they are successful, there will be no more Waves. No more conflicts. Humanity as we know it will be wiped from the face of the Earth.

Colonel Vosch: [becoming strident] Now, I'm gonna tell you some things I know. This is our world. It is our home. They will not over run it. They will not possess it. So with whatever time we have left, you will learn to think, speak, move, and fight like the soldiers you are. Let the weight of our loss fuel you. Let the weight of our dead embolden you. Let the weight of our hope drive you to victory. Can you do that?

Colonel Vosch: Soldiers! Can you do that?

Kids: [in unison] Sir, yes, sir!

Colonel Vosch: Can you do that?

Kids: [in unison] Sir, yes, sir!

Colonel Vosch: [calmly] Good.