I don’t think anyone ever goes into a war without the nagging feeling that there might have been some other way. Even when every other way has already been tried and hasn’t worked.

Timothy Zahn, Dark Force Rising: Star Wars Legends [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]

Hermetic quote Zahn Dark Force Rising war nagging feeling some other way

Consider also:

  1. “Are you not magnificent? Or you will be, someday. But first, you must earn your beauty.”
  2. “But liberty, as we all know, cannot flourish in a country that is permanently on a war footing, or even a nearwar footing.”
  3. “The artistically inclined delight in the Game because it provides opportunities for improvisation and fantasy.”
  4. Omnium Gatherum: 2may2021
  5. “So let’s call it ‘my meaning, this time around,’ instead of ‘a meaning.'”