Adversaries Quote by John Lanchester

“He had not yet learned that sometimes your reward for doing one task well is to be set with a harder and better one.”

— C.S. Lewis

“He was his own worst enemy, al­ways ta­king sim­ple things and ma­king them com­pli­ca­ted.”

— Kate Sherwood

“He had suddenly the clearest understanding he had ever had of the way his father had gone so wrong. A man's strength was supposed…

— Laura Florand

“He claimed that there was no greater natural advantage in life than having an enemy overestimate your faults, unless it was to have a…

— Mario Puzo

“That all depends on the person. What’s simple to one person might be inherently challenging to someone else.”

— Chelsea Sedoti

“He analyses every strategy and asks: "what would I do if I had to fight myself?" He thus discover his weak points.”

— Paulo Coelho

“But grownups were always in a turmoil, every possible action muddied over by thoughts of the consequences, by self-doubt, by selfimage, by feelings of…

— Stephen King

“He was someone who had to live alone, someone who found it difficult to be with others for any length of time, because he…

— John Burnside

“Don’t complain about difficult situations. They contain in them the motivation to succeed.”

— Chinonye J. Chidolue

“The task may be simple for me, but if I make it look too easy, you won’t appreciate it as much as if I…

— Jarod Kintz

“It was a terrible refreshment, his plain way, the simple words, the absence of strategy. It made you realize how much of your life…

— Glen Duncan

“At moments like this, his misanthropy sensitized him to the people packed tight around him, no longer fellow travelers but adversaries, competitors in a…

— Ian McEwan