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John Christopher quotes: There are disappointments in all men's lives, even those who have achieved their ambition, and there are compensations.

There are disappointments in all men's lives, even those who have achieved their ambition, and there are compensations.

John Christopher quotes: Morality, for all the conditioning to which the human mind has been and is subjected, is always a personal choice in the last analysis.

Morality, for all the conditioning to which the human mind has been and is subjected, is always a personal choice in the last analysis.

John Christopher quotes: Some people are oil and water.

Some people are oil and water.

John Christopher quotes: The original version of 'The White Mountains' was probably just about worth publishing.

The original version of 'The White Mountains' was probably just about worth publishing.

John Christopher quotes: It is hard to be defensive toward a danger which you have never imagined existed.

It is hard to be defensive toward a danger which you have never imagined existed.

John Christopher quotes: As Pa said, censorship encouraged people to believe nonsense.

As Pa said, censorship encouraged people to believe nonsense.

John Christopher quotes: Truth does not surround itself with lies.

Truth does not surround itself with lies.

John Christopher quotes: A long time ago. I came to the understanding that all men are friends by convenience and enemies by choice.

A long time ago. I came to the understanding that all men are friends by convenience and enemies by choice.

John Christopher quotes: There is always something to lose. But maybe more to gain.

There is always something to lose. But maybe more to gain.

John Christopher quotes: There are times when thinking about something is the worst possible policy.

There are times when thinking about something is the worst possible policy.

John Christopher quotes: We had been friends. We could not become strangers. It left only one thing: we must be enemies.

We had been friends. We could not become strangers. It left only one thing: we must be enemies.

John Christopher quotes: We all have to learn to live with our losses, and to use our regrets to spur us on in the future.

We all have to learn to live with our losses, and to use our regrets to spur us on in the future.

John Christopher quotes: Having achieved what I thought was an ultimate ambition, I found, as I think is often the case, that there remained something more.

Having achieved what I thought was an ultimate ambition, I found, as I think is often the case, that there remained something more.

John Christopher quotes: It is because they are so strong that she hides her feelings.

It is because they are so strong that she hides her feelings.

John Christopher quotes: In the realm of dream and imagination all men are equal.

In the realm of dream and imagination all men are equal.

John Christopher quotes: A reader should know what he might reasonably expect under a particular label.

A reader should know what he might reasonably expect under a particular label.

John Christopher quotes: And a leader has to command confidence, and consent.

And a leader has to command confidence, and consent.

John Christopher quotes: To voice doubts was unthinkable, but that did not means that doubts did not exist.

To voice doubts was unthinkable, but that did not means that doubts did not exist.

John Christopher quotes: The secret of success in battle lies often not so much in the use of one's own strength but in the exploitation of the other side's weaknesses.

The secret of success in battle lies often not so much in the use of one's own strength but in the exploitation of the other side's weaknesses.

John Christopher quotes: What men do matters more than what they know.

What men do matters more than what they know.

John Christopher quotes: I think before I actand then think again. I am not entirely a coward, but I do not lose myself in action as you do.

I think before I act
and then think again. I am not entirely a coward, but I do not lose myself in action as you do.

John Christopher quotes: And though I remember her name I cannot recall her face. All things pass.

And though I remember her name I cannot recall her face. All things pass.

John Christopher quotes: What tricks the mind is what the mind is glad to be tricked by.

What tricks the mind is what the mind is glad to be tricked by.

John Christopher quotes: If one is seeking reasons for disloyalty, it is useful to find something one can resent.

If one is seeking reasons for disloyalty, it is useful to find something one can resent.

John Christopher quotes: Have a drink, and try to relax. All right, have another drink. There are times when getting drunk's not a bad idea.

Have a drink, and try to relax. All right, have another drink. There are times when getting drunk's not a bad idea.

John Christopher quotes: Even if it is nonsense, it is often useful to know what kind of nonsense men believe.

Even if it is nonsense, it is often useful to know what kind of nonsense men believe.

John Christopher quotes: You would always beat me; not so much because you are a better fighter as because you will not accept defeat.

You would always beat me; not so much because you are a better fighter as because you will not accept defeat.

John Christopher quotes: A man faced death, but when death drew back forgot it until the next time.

A man faced death, but when death drew back forgot it until the next time.

John Christopher quotes: I wanted to ask which warthe Boer or the Crimean? It was amazing how old people could talk about The War, as though that meant something.

I wanted to ask which war
the Boer or the Crimean? It was amazing how old people could talk about The War, as though that meant something.

John Christopher quotes: A general does not use the same troops over and over again.

A general does not use the same troops over and over again.

John Christopher quotes: His anger was as great as mine, but hot where mine was cold.

His anger was as great as mine, but hot where mine was cold.

John Christopher quotes: One enjoys friendship most when times are good, when the sun shines and the world is kind. But it is the sharing of adversity that knits men together.

One enjoys friendship most when times are good, when the sun shines and the world is kind. But it is the sharing of adversity that knits men together.

John Christopher quotes: Everyone recognized she was without malice and therefore she provoked none.

Everyone recognized she was without malice and therefore she provoked none.