“They will smile, as they always do when they plan a major attack late in the night.”
“It's always better to attack than to defend," Coram had told her when they talked about fencing late at night. "Always. Ye don't win with defense--ye only hold the other feller off, or wear him down. Attack and have done with it!”
“It is too late." The old man shook his head. "It is never too late or too soon. It is when it is supposed to be." He smiled. "There is a plan, Dor.”
“Hunger attacks me," said Zarathustra, "like a robber. Among forests and swamps my hunger attacks me, and late in the night.”
“Alice!" said the visitor's mild voice, "am I late to-night?""You always seem late, but are always early.”
“Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.”