Whoever opined "Money can't buy you happiness" obviously had far too much of the stuff.
Oh, diplomacy ... it mops up war's spillages; legitimizes its outcomes; gives the strong state the means to impose its will on a weaker one, while saving its fleets and battalions for weightier opponents.
Trees're always a relief, after people.
Power, time, gravity, love. The forces that really kick ass are all invisible.
The weak are meat the strong do eat.
Writing is such a damn lonely sickness.