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> [“History alone looks upon war as a grand achievement; all else look upon it as a dreadful last resort.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-l-mckiernan/history-alone-looks-upon-war-as-a-grand-achievement-all-else-look/)

[Dennis L. McKiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-l-mckiernan/)

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## More by Dennis L. McKiernan

> [“Will they remember us, Aravan? Will Mankind remember us at all?" ... Mayhap, Gwylly, mayhap. Mayhap in their legends and their fables. Mayhap in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-l-mckiernan/will-they-remember-us-aravan-will-mankind-remember-us-at-all-mayhap/)

[Dennis L. McKiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-l-mckiernan/)

> [“But Mithgar . . . Mithgar is yet wild, tempestuous, unkept, savage, turbulent, exciting. We come here to feel alive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-l-mckiernan/but-mithgar-mithgar-is-yet-wild-tempestuous-unkept-savage-turbulent/)

[Dennis L. McKiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-l-mckiernan/)

> [Neither awake nor in a dark dream are perilous blades just as they seem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-l-mckiernan/neither-awake-nor-in-a-dark-dream-are-perilous-blades-just-as-they/)

[Dennis L. McKiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-l-mckiernan/)

> [“I'll say this, Arik: the old man's warning proved to be true - things are not always what they seem. She was no young…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-l-mckiernan/i-ll-say-this-arik-the-old-man-s-warning-proved-to-be-true-things-are/)

[Dennis L. McKiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-l-mckiernan/)

> [“Runts? Pipsqueaks? Who was that buffoon!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-l-mckiernan/runts-pipsqueaks-who-was-that-buffoon/)

[Dennis L. McKiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-l-mckiernan/)

> [“It's all connected you know”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-l-mckiernan/it-s-all-connected-you-know/)

[Dennis L. McKiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-l-mckiernan/)

> [“History alone looks upon war as a grand achievement; all else look upon it as a dreadful last resort.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-l-mckiernan/history-alone-looks-upon-war-as-a-grand-achievement-all-else-look/)

[Dennis L. McKiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-l-mckiernan/)

> [Auguries are oft subtle...and dangerous - thou may deem they mean one thing when they mean something else altogether.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-l-mckiernan/auguries-are-oft-subtle-and-dangerous-thou-may-deem-they-mean-one/)

[Dennis L. McKiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-l-mckiernan/)

> [ATLANTA NIGHTS: I haven't been this stunned since my colonoscopy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-l-mckiernan/atlanta-nights-i-haven-t-been-this-stunned-since-my-colonoscopy/)

[Dennis L. McKiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-l-mckiernan/)

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