We mistakenly assume that bodily survival has a higher precedence than ego survival. This is simply not generally … - Karl Marlantes

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Heartache, Daphne eventually learned, never really went away; it just dulled. The sharp, stabbing pain that one felt with each breath eventually gave way to a blunter, lower ache—the kind that one could almost—but never quite—ignore.

Karl Marlantes

We mistakenly assume that bodily survival has a higher precedence than ego survival. This is simply not generally true. Ego will happily destroy the body for its own sake. Look at overweight executives headed for heart attacks on the way to getting their pictures in Fortune or anorexic models suffering slow starvation on their way to getting their pictures in Vogue. Protecting ego is the general case.

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The time for debilitating fear is before and after the mission.

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This nation should be less worried about putting the Vietnam syndrome behind us than restarting the World War II victory syndrome that resulted in the Vietnam syndrome in the first place.

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Quitting is unthinkable and pain is just weakness leaving the body

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Cynicism is no more mature than naïveté. You're no more mature, just more burned.

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