On both difficult and easy terrain, you must know the 'tenable' and 'fatal' ground. Occupy tenable ground and attack on fatal ground.

Greater powers and resources do not guarantee tactical superiority.

Deliberate tactical errors and minor losses are the means by which to bait the enemy.

When conventional tactics are altered unexpectedly according to the situation, they take on the element of surprise and increase in strategic value .

For one who has really mastered the way of warfare, his enemy can do nothing to escape death.

And there was that trick he did with time, making it speed up when we were together and drag til I saw him again.

Is that a stake, Bones, or are you just happy with my new dress?”“In this case, it’s a stake. You could always feel around for something more, though. See what comes up.

I'm changing and I'm terrified of how weak I feel, how vulnerable my flesh and soul has become because of this girl.

Courage is a virtue only so far as it is directed by prudence.

The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.

Wrestling is part of what I do, but far from the only thing.

Saying you love someone is a good thing.

You mean a bad heel?" I said. "Couldn't I just, like, wear something besides sandals? No offense." -Percy

I demand excellence from the people I work with.

There are books of the same chemical composition as dynamite. The only difference is that a piece of dynamite explodes once, whereas a book explodes a thousand times.