“No plan of battle survives contact with the enemy, and time is the ultimate opponent.”
Charles Stross book Rule 34
Source: Rule 34 (2011), Chapter 1, “Liz: Red Pill, Blue Pill” (p. 16)
“It was a good plan, and like all plans since the dawn of time, this would fail to survive contact with real life.”
— Ben Aaronovitch, book Whispers Under Ground
Source: Whispers Under Ground (2012), Chapter 25, “Ladbroke Grove” (p. 262)
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