Quotes from my summer reading

"There are two things no commander --- and no human being --- can ever control, Mr. Alexander," Courvosier had said. "You cannot control the decisions of others, and you cannot control the actions of God. An intelligent officer will try to anticipate both of those things and allow for them, but a wise officer will not blame himself when God comes along and screws up a perfectly good plan with no warning at all." The lieutenant had leaned  back in his own chair and smiled at him. "Get used to it, Mr. Alexander, because if one thing is certain in life, it's that God has a very peculiar sense of humor . . . and an even more peculiar sense of timing."  --- David Weber, Echoes of Honor.