Gretchen

“She was knowingly punishing herself. That was the only reasonable explanation. There was no use in acting naive. What happened earlier in the day was proof that she was going to give in to his flirtation. It appeared she'd thrown caution to the wind and opened her arms to embrace everything that could go wrong in her life. What's one more problem to add to the pile?”
― Emem Uko, The Place That Gave

“Navarre asserted, “We have such powerful forces and so strong a defence system that Dien Bien Phu is an impregnable fortress!” the American Lieutenant General “Iron Mike” O’Daniel also shared that opinion.”
― Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

“Those who try to entrap others are often caught by their own schemes.”
― Aesop, Aesop's Fables

“سكينة، اطمئنان، وعلى الوجه قناع مبتسم لا يتحرك. اما ما يجرى وراء القناع فهذا من شأننا”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek