She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining. ↗
There's always something special when the service academies play each other that's not in any other game. This is not a regular game, and everyone involved knows that. ↗
I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile. ↗