#casualties

Yet the march toward freedom is not without its hazards or its casualties and the threats of violence aimed at Iraqis who participate in the election will be dealt with accordingly. ↗

— Jim Gerlach

#aimed #casualties #dealt #election #freedom

The issue of terrorism must be dealt with firmly. We must work very hard to avoid loss of life. We must work very hard to avoid civilian casualties. And those terrorists and Baathists are holding the people of Fallujah hostage. We must release the hostages. ↗

— Ahmed Chalabi

#casualties #civilian #civilian casualties #dealt #firmly

It takes 15,000 casualties to train a major general. ↗

— Ferdinand Foch

#general #major #takes #train

Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties." (Interview in Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews, Eighth Series, ed. George Plimpton, 1988) ↗

— John Irving

#craft #novels #victims #writing #writing-craft