She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them.
A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.
I loved my 17 years with R.E.M. but I'm ready to reflect assess and move on...
If there's ever an example that military power alone cannot be successful in Afghanistan I think it was the Soviet experience.