We tend to view history not as it was, but as we think it should have been. - R. Garcia y Robertson

Gambling houses stay in business by making it pleasant, even exciting, to lose," said Aaron. "They treat the loser like a king, providing him with food and drink in a luxurious setting, allowing women of easy virtue to rub up against him. They will ply the loser with every pleasure known to men so he may give up his money and come back when he has more. Most gamblers lose. Not one in twenty has a bank account. Some play poker like assassins, and throw their winnings away on the ponies. Winning takes hard work and strict accounting. Losing is open to all. That is the secret of losing.

Why are they shooting at us?"
The older man stared at her. Kurt answered evenly, "That is what every soldier wants to know—I suppose it is because we are shooting at them.

Nothing beats going to bed dead and waking up alive.