Survival Arts

Quote of the day

The sitting around is the hardest part. They may sit for a year, and then be called to five minutes of all-out action of deadly importance. But they have to be instantly ready for that five minutes the whole year. Quite a strain. I much prefer attack to defense.

Lois McMaster Bujold
Barrayar, pg. 32, 1991
(courtesy of Curt Howland)