"When the honey's out of the comb, there's no putting it back."

-- Robert Jordan

“I do not say that there is no glory to be gained [in war]; but it is not personal glory. In itself, no cause was ever more glorious than that of men who struggle, not to conquer territory, not to gather spoil, not to gratify ambition, but for freedom, for religion, for hearth and home, and to revenge the countless atrocities inflicted upon them by their oppressors.”

Source : G. A. Henty (2018). “By Pike and Dyke”, p.63, Ozymandias Press
“Lead the audience by the nose to the thought.”
“ARGH! There's no such thing [as writer's block]. Seriously: THERE. IS. NO. SUCH. THING. You know what there is? There's a bunch of problems, creative and otherwise, that can stop you writing. They are not block. They are important skills.”
“You have to commit to the what, before the how shows up.”
“I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly, my pride never would have allowed me to. In the beginning it was about doing it the right way, on the merits of the music.”

Source : "Bryan Adams on learning to deal with fame". Interview with Shirley Halperin, uk.reuters.com. March 22, 2011.
“I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.”
“My wife - to-be and I went to see my father. Only he could answer the two questions before us: Shall we get married now? Shall I begin the practice of law, or continue being the successful wine salesman I had become, working my way through law school?”
“As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.”

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