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“ It was stated by an Australian Army Officer, “Phuoc Tuy offers the perfect terrain for guerrilla warfare. It has a long coastline with complex areas of mangrove swamps, isolated ranges of very rugged mountains and a large area of uninhabited jungle containing all of the most loathsome combinations of thorny bamboos, poisonous snakes, insects, malaria, dense underbrush, swamps and rugged ground conditions that the most dedicated guerrilla warfare expert could ask for.”
― A Gracious Enemy
― A Gracious Enemy
“Water is to India as blood is to the body, with the many rivers functioning as arteries – the Ganges being the aorta – and the monsoon timelessly arriving as a much-needed annual blood transfusion.”
― The Local School
― The Local School
“What would our lives be like without tests, odds against us, adventure, risk?”
― Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student
― Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student
“Научиш ли например някое куче да яде картофи и му дадеш след това парче месо, то пак ще се нахвърли на месото, защото това му е в природата. Същото е и с човека: дай му мъничко власт и той веднага се нахвърля на нея. То си идва от само себе си, защото човекът е преди всичко звяр и само отгоре, като филия с мас, е намазан с малко човещина.”
― All Quiet on the Western Front
― All Quiet on the Western Front
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