The Pool of Fire
John Christopher
Top 10 Best Quotes
“I was remembering the things we had done together, the times we had had. It would have been pleasant to preserve that comradeship in the days that came after. Pleasant, but alas, impossible. That which had brought us together had gone, and now our paths diverged, according to our natures and needs. We would meet again, from time to time, but always a little more as strangers; until perhaps at last, as old men with only memories left, we could sit together and try to share them.”
“Some people are oil and water.”
“It is hard to be defensive toward a danger which you have never imagined existed.”
“We all have to learn to live with our losses, and to use our regrets to spur us on in the future.”
“His anger was as great as mine, but hot where mine was cold.”
“A general does not use the same troops over and over again.”
“Fritz was melancholic by nature, and could tolerate his own gloom. I do not think this is so with you, who are sanguine and impatient. In your case, remorse and despondency could be crippling.”
“To voice doubts was unthinkable, but that did not means that doubts did not exist.”
“Spare a thought now and then for those who do not have luck on their side.”
“Only one thing is important: winning the struggle.”
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Book Keywords:
caution, anger, friendship, certainty, relationships, personality, growth, tactics
