109
Wonderful, Wonderful Times (1990)
Source: The Keys to the Kingdom series, Sir Thursday (2006), p. 156.
“SMALL SONG
The reeds give way to the wind
and give the wind away”
The Really Short Poems of A. R. Ammons (1991)
“You are a weak reed, Recruit Green!”
Helve shouted. "Weak reeds make for badly woven baskets! This platoon will not be a badly woven basket!"
Source: The Keys to the Kingdom series, Sir Thursday (2006), p. 156.
“Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.”
Rien ne rehausse l'autorité mieux que le silence, splendeur des forts et refuge des faibles.
in Le Fil de l'épée.
Writings
Source: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, To Green Angel Tower (1993), Part 1, Chapter 8, “Nights of Fire” (p. 255).
“When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature they will like the strong horse.”
Video interview, quoted in Analyzing Leaders, Presidents and Terrorists by Diane E. Holloway page 325 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Jc7CY1yV1g8C&pg=PA325, with NPR transcript https://www.npr.org/news/specials/response/investigation/011213.binladen.transcript.html (9 November 2001)
2000s, 2002
“The weakness of our nature—how soon any strong emotion masters it!”
Heath's book of Beauty, 1833 (1832)
“The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.”
