Leenah

“Evaluation of enemy strength is not an absolute, but a matter of piecing together scraps of reconnaissance and intelligence to form a picture, if possible a picture to fit preconceived theories or to suit the demands of a particular strategy. What a staff makes out of the available evidence depends upon the degree of optimism or pessimism prevailing among them, on what they want to believe or fear to believe, and sometimes upon the sensitivity or intuition of an individual.”
― Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

“What do you want to be when you grow up?"

"Kind," said the boy.”
― Charlie Mackesy, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

“The impetus of existing plans is always stronger than the impulse to change.”
― Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

“There’s a three-second pause where I think this could go one of two ways.
He’s going to leave me.
Or he’s going to hurt me.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us