“There are three stages to a battle: First you’re bored. Then you’re terrified. Then you’re dead. Each is necessary, and they must all come in the proper order.”

— Michael Swanwick , book Jack Faust

Source: Jack Faust (1997), Chapter 14, “Dreadnought” (pp. 248-249)

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