Silas

“TF-16 returned to Pearl Harbor on May 26 in good order, with one huge exception: Admiral Halsey, the sixty-year-old commander, arrived back completely exhausted and ill. After six months of intense underway operations, culminating in the fruitless 7000-mile mission across the Pacific to the Coral Sea and back, Halsey had lost twenty pounds and had contracted a serious case of dermatitis. Nimitz took one look at him and sent him straight to the Pearl Harbor hospital. The Navy’s most experienced and highly regarded carrier force commander would sit out the Battle of Midway. The ultimate sea warrior, Halsey would watch from his hospital window as the two task forces departed Pearl Harbor for Midway.”
― Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway

“attempting to write yourself as a protagonist in the life of someone else is psychotically narcissistic.”
― Malcolm Collins, The Pragmatist’s Guide to Life: A Guide to Creating Your Own Answers to Life’s Biggest Questions

“Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this one and in each of them we've found each other... I know I've spent each life before this one searching for you. Not someone like you but you, for your soul and mine must always come together.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

“عندما يتآمر العسكريون في الظروف البالغة الصعوبة التي يجتازها الحكام الظالمون ، ثم يخلعون الدكتاتور الذي يكون منهزما في الواقع ، يجب أن نؤمن بأنهم انما خلعوه لأنه كان عاجزا عن المحافظة على امتيازاتعم الطبقية دون ارتكاب اقصى العنف ، مما يلائم كثيرا على وجه العموم مصالحهم”
― Che Guevara, مذكرات أرنستو تشي جيفارا