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Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? - Job 38:4
Over the plain, through the wind
Black pony, red moon
Death looks down from the towers of Cordoba.
- Adapted from Lorca’s Canción de Jinete
I
drink to our ruined house, to the dolor of my life, to our loneliness
together, and to you I raise my glass, to lying lips that have betrayed
us, to dead-cold, pitiless eyes, and to the hard realities: that the
world is brutal and coarse, that God in fact has not saved us.
- Anna Akhmatova, in Red Square by Martin Cruz Smith
The
subject was how victorious commanders throughout history had achieved
their successes. [John] Boyd discerned a common pattern of thought and
action among all of them, from Hannibal to Patton. The key to success
was time. A successful military organization operates at a higher tempo
than its opponent and can change its actions or maneuvers more quickly.
The opponent is thus confronted with a series of unexpected actions and
becomes confused and disoriented; his reactions are always too late. -
Ronald Spector
