Those highly trained armor specialists were responsible for major repairs, upgrades, and modifications, but in Alicia's opinion, anyone who didn't want to stay hands-on with the standard maintenance a...
What’s conquered by the sword depends on the sword to stay conquered.
You're entitled to not be strong about everything every instant. And you have the right to admit that it hurts, and that things frighten you.
Economies depend a lot more on perceptions than realities.
Have no
If I've learned one thing over the years, it's that when it comes down to raw emotion against reason, emotion wins.
In a voice flat with the panic-resisting armor of training.
Mercy and justice are deadlier than any rifle or bayonet.
Need for you to infect him, since he already had a good sense
Sweeping, simplistic solutions to complicated problems are much more appealing than tackling the real thought that might actually solve them.
Courtesy seldom costs anything, and the willingness to extend it can be its own subtle declaration of strength. There
It’s amazing what deadly weapons compassion and morality are when they’re deployed in the service of diplomacy.
My favorite’s toxophilia, arousal from archery. You wouldn’t believe the poses people get into. Remember: one overnight bag, that’s it.
Nuts didn't need religion to make them nuts, Allison had long since decided, but it did seem to give them a certain added sense of commitment to whatever goals their nutdom decided to embrace.
That thought let her banish the grin at last, because if independent command was what every good officer craved, a captain all alone in the big dark had no one to appeal to. No one to take the credit...
The wise monarch listens to his generals in matters of war, to his ministers in matters of state, and to his people in matters of morality. Ha!
The world’s best swordsman doesn’t fear the second best; he fears the worst swordsman, because he can’t predict what the idiot will do.
There’s not much point in making logical arguments to someone who’s already decided to ignore inconvenient truths, so
WAGs... That's a technical term we engineers use. It means 'Wild-Assed Guess'.
Whatever it took, she would discharge her own duties and meet her own responsibilities. Not just to protect her career, but because they were her duties and responsibilities.
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