Josh Atkinson

“Putin is a rational actor inside a bunker, so deep, so deprived of light and information, that he is pulling levers without understanding how the modern world is responding, without understanding that some of his levers at least are no longer working, without understanding that invading countries at peace is what the Nazis did.”
― John Sweeney, Killer in the Kremlin

“Wars are lost or won by possession of three keys: morale, logistics, leadership.”
― John Sweeney, Killer in the Kremlin

“The most expensive part of building is the mistakes.”
― Ken Follett, The Pillars of the Earth

“Some things are more precious because they don't last long.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray