“There are some men whose only mission among others is to act as intermediaries; one crosses them like bridges and keeps going.”

“Cherie, keep walking. Shut your eyes. We are headed for the bridge. We are going to cross it.”

“Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.”

“You are the commanders, your men will look to you and act as you do. Let no officer keep to himself or his brother officers, but circulate daylong among his men. Let them see you and see you unafraid. Where there is work to do, turn your hand to it first; the men will follow. Some of you, I see, have erected tents. Strike them at once. We will all sleep as I do, in the open. Keep your men busy. If there is no work, make it up, for when soldiers have time to talk, their talk turns to fear. Action, on the other hand, produces the appetite for more action.”

“One if the hardest things in life to learn are which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn.”

“The world is full of banks and rivers running between them, of men and women crossing bridges and fords, unaware of the consequences, not looking back or beneath their feet, and with no loose change for the boatman.”