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“The battle,” Rommel famously observed, “is fought and decided by the quartermasters before the shooting begins.”
― Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in Africa, 1942-1943

“The Iliad thus begins to suggest that no community can succeed by honoring exceptional individuals whose indulgence in rage and ruthless pursuit of honor causes them to neglect or imperil those who depend upon them.”
― Emily Katz Anhalt, Enraged: Why Violent Times Need Ancient Greek Myths

“Raging like a lion or wild boar and slaughtering many enemies may be worthy of praise and honor in the world of Homer’s characters, but similes claiming that the warriors are like such beasts invite the audience to consider whether it really is optimal behavior for a human being. Is it really something to brag about?”
― Emily Katz Anhalt, Enraged: Why Violent Times Need Ancient Greek Myths

“Christ was sent not to mend wounded people or wake sleepy people or advise confused people or inspire bored people or spur on lazy people or educate ignorant people, but to raise dead people.”
― Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers