If wars began with rage, they ended with exhaustion. - James S. A. Corey

They’d made a plan, and so far everything was more or less going the way they’d hoped. The thought left Holden increasingly terrified.

History, Michio believed, was a long series of surprises that seemed inevitable in retrospect.

Everything changed, and it went right on changing. A terrible thought when things were good, a comforting one now. Whatever happened, she could be certain that things wouldn’t stay the way they were now. And if she stayed smart and clever and lucky, she’d be able to affect how the next change came. Or take advantage of it.