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“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

“This one quotation could really serve as the emblem of this chapter: an artisan, who was touched by a neighbor, by a printed Bible in French, and above all by the Psalms.”
― William L. Holladay, Psalms through 3000 years: Prayerbook Of A Cloud Of Witnesses

“The laments comprise more than one-third of the Psalms, yet they are strikingly underused in our worship.”
― William L. Holladay, Psalms through 3000 years: Prayerbook Of A Cloud Of Witnesses

“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