They were a group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men.
- James A. MichenerFor some of the younger guys, it is a chance to find out what college distance and level of competition is all about. Most of the freshmen are going to run unattached for right now so we can kind of see where they are at and decide whether, later on midseason, they will put on their uniform and use their eligibility.
- Jason DunnSpace, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from our surroundings and giving us back our primitive, unattached state
- Thomas Mann