"Those who actually set out to see the fall of a city or those who choose to go to a front line, are obviously asking themselves to what extent they are cowards. But the tests they set themselves - there is a dead body, can you bear to look at it? - are nothing in comparison with the tests that are sprung on them. It is not the obvious tests that matter (do you go to pieces in a mortar attack?) but the unexpected ones (here is a man on the run, seeking your help - can you face him honestly?)."

-- James Fenton

#Running Quotes #War Quotes #Fall Quotes

“Ali always said I would be nothing without him, but who would he have been without me?”

Source : "Fire Still Burns Inside Smokin’ Joe Frazier". Interview with Vincent M. Mallozzi, www.nytimes.com. October 18, 2006.
“Southern California, where the American Dream came too true.”
“The most dangerous silence is noise; noise keeps us from hearing what we need to hear or from speaking what we need to speak.”
“Watch the morning watch. Do not see the face of man until you have seen the face of God. Before you enter on the day with its temptations, look up into His face and hide His Word in your heart.”
“Pete Newell told me 'get as much information and learn as much about the game as you can, but use your own personality to teach it.'”
“Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.”
“I never have anything to talk about.”
“I liked having some time to myself. Our family was such a close one, you could get smothered. Of course, we didn't always agree with one another. Sometimes I quarreled with my brother and sisters, but I couldn't remember hating anyone for more than five minutes.”

Source : Gloria Whelan (2009). “Summer of the War”, p.13, Harper Collins

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