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“Deep knowledge is to be aware of disturbance before disturbance, to be aware of danger before danger, to be aware of destruction before destruction, to be aware of calamity before calamity. Strong action is training the body without being burdened by the body, exercising the mind without being used by the mind, working in the world without being affected by the world, carrying out tasks without being obstructed by tasks.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War: Complete Texts and Commentaries

“Some people, I believe, are paid for dreaming. But most, I think, are punished.”
― Steve Rasnic Tem, Onion Songs

“I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”
― Sarah Williams

“The dead were gone and didn't know or care what they left behind.. If the dead still lived on the surface of this earth then it was in the minds of those who remembered them...”
― Tom Clancy, Without Remorse