I told her that saying goodbye didn't matter, not a bit. What mattered were all the days you were together before that, all the things you remembered.
Patricia Reilly GiffTags: friendship war memories goodbye patricia-reilly-giff
But man, proud man,
Dress'd in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd—
His glassy essence—like an angry ape
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens,
Would all themselves laugh mortal.
It's an irony of our times that men seeking peace must make war.
Mark LawrenceTags: peace war the-broken-empire
He [Harry Bosch] defined good company not by the conversation but by the lack of it. When there was no need to talk to feel comfortable, that was the right company
Michael ConnellyTags: war mystery crime vietnam
The love of conflict is most evident when opposing forces join sides to defeat the peacemaker.
Criss JamiTags: peace war conflict controversy argument disagreement debate peacemaker alliance
Mud and water and the stumps of trees. In every direction that was all there was. Bodies fell, but the trees died standing up.
Josh RitterSend anyone who preaches war to a special frontline legion -into the assault, into the attack, ahead of everyone.
Leo TolstoyTags: war
We all fight on two fronts, the one facing the enemy, the one facing what we do to the enemy.
Joseph BoydenTags: war
[From a May 1, 2004 article entitled "Still Up to Mischief" from The Guardian reporting on and quoting Altman]
Still, it's worth noting that by the age of 20 this whistle- blower had resisted two of the most powerful institutions - church and army, both. He is an atheist, 'And I have been against all of these wars ever since.
Tags: morality war atheism atheist army resistance whistleblower
Well, I myself am a 100% atheist. And I am increasingly worried that the Israeli-Palestinian struggle, which dominates our entire life, is assuming a more and more religious character.
Uri AvneryTags: war atheism atheist struggle israel palestine
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