Tis action moves the world....[in] the game of chess, mind that: ye cannot leave your men to stand unmoving on the board and hope to win. A soldier must first step upon the battlefield if does mean to cross it.
David McClelland was changed by that day more than most men.
A grieving person's like a person treading in deep water--if they've nothing to hold on to, they lose hope. They slide right under.
Ye'll never best your fears until ye face them
But life, if nothing else, had taught her promises weren't always to be counted on, and what appeared at first a shining chance might end in bitter disappointment.