Hisham

“But it’s part of life. And if you don’t ever feel bad, you can never feel glorious either.”
― Cecily Anne Paterson, Invincible

“A ship in a harbour is safe. But that is not what ships are built for.”
― Cecily Anne Paterson, Invincible

“British and Indian troops were sent in, and an Indian Cavalry guard escorted them to work. That evening there was a further disturbance, and one of the labourers, Mohamed Ahmed, knocked a British officer unconscious with a stick and seized his rifle and bayonet, before being overpowered by three other Egyptians. Twelve days later he was tried for ‘a disturbance of a mutinous nature’, found guilty and shot.”
― Martin Gilbert, The First World War: A Complete History

“All wars end up being reduced to statistics, strategies, debates about their origins and results. These debates about war are important, but not more important than the human story of those who fought in them.”
― Martin Gilbert, The First World War: A Complete History