"Say, what is life? 'Tis to be born, A helpless Babe, to greet the light With a sharp wail, as if the morn Foretold a cloudy noon and night; To weep, to sleep, and weep again, With sunny smiles between; and then?"

-- John Godfrey Saxe

#Life Quotes #Sleep Quotes #Night Quotes

“Three-hundred times as many people died in Hamburg during the ten-day blitz as died in Coventry during the entire course of the war. â€œNot even Hiroshima and Nagasaki, suffering the smashing blows of nuclear explosions, could match the utter hell of Hamburg.”
“Ah, well, then you've never stood on a beach as the waves came crashing in, the water stretching out from you until it's beyond sight, moving and blue and alive and so much bigger than even the black beyond seems because the ocean hides what it contains.”
“One cannot make command decisions simply by assessing the tactical situation and going ahead with whatever course of action will do the most harm to the enemy with a minimum of death and damage to your own men and materiel. Modern warfare has become very complex, especially during the last century. Wars are won not by a simple series of battles won, but by a complex interrelationship among military victory, economic pressures, logistic maneuvering, access to the enemyâ€™s information, political posturesâ€”dozens, literally dozens of factors.”
“Kids are naturally inventive and curious and creative, but most adults have had that beaten out of them. Writing is a form of play; you have to get rid of all those internal censors that we adults have, the things that say, 'Don't go there, that's not allowed.”
“I wonâ€™t give up what I enjoy to look perfect. I want to find a happy medium between feeling good about my body and still having a beer and some barbecue.”
“Reconcile the loss of the painting - no matter how many times it may happen - with the joy of beginning again.”
“As a man, there's a part of me that feels I should still be going out and doing a proper day's work.”
“The night has always been my friend. When I go out I feel good, then I always score goals.”

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