It turned out to be a war which, unfortunately for Comrade Pillai, would end almost before it began. Victory was gifted to him wrapped and beribboned, on a silver tray. Only then, when it was too late, and Paradise Pickles slumped softly to the floor without so much as a murmur or even the pretense of resistance, did Comrade Pillai realize that what he really needed was the process of war more than the outcome of victory. War could have been the stallion that he rode, part of, if not all, the way to the Legislative Assembly, whereas victory left him no better off than when he started out.
He broke the eggs but burned the omelette.
Stichwörter: politics war victory defeat eggs omelette
When it comes to world news, attitude is what marks the distinction between justice and vengeance. Justice is pure, but vengeance brings more ruin.
Criss JamiStichwörter: world justice war revenge hatred purity media news attitude opposition sincerity ruin spite bitterness vengeance correction pure distinction sincere instigator instigation world-news
In moments Akiva was up in the ether, scarcely feeling the sting of ice crystals in the thin air. He let his glamour fall away, and his wings were like sheets of fire sweeping the black of the heavens. He moved at speed, onward toward another human city to find another doorway bitter with the devil's magic, and after that another, until all bore the black handprint....Once all the doors were marked, the end would begin. And it would begin with fire.
Laini TaylorStichwörter: war angels apocalypse
For marriage is like life in this—that it is a field of battle, and not a bed of roses.
Robert Louis StevensonStichwörter: love war marriage battle matrimony bed-of-roses
Are you preparing for another war, Plutarch?" I ask.
"Oh, not now. Now we're in a sweet period where everyone agrees that our recent horrors should never be repeated," he says. "But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction. Although who knows? Maybe this will be it, Katniss.
Stichwörter: war katniss hunger-games suzanne-collins mockingjay
It's always good to be underestimated.
Melissa de la CruzStichwörter: power war smarts adantges strentgh-and-weakness
One day my grandson said to me, grandpa were you a hero in the war? And i said to him no I'm not a hero, but I have served in a company full of them.
Dick WintersStichwörter: war
Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.
William FaulknerStichwörter: men war fighting pacifism pacifists
I just wanted all the wars to be over so that we could spend the money on starships and Mars colonies.
Grant MorrisonStichwörter: humanity war comics exploration cold-war
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