Maybe he hadn't thought the war through. It had seemed like simple fun when he had first pictured it, with a glorious beginning, a difficult but valor-filled middle, and a victorious end. He hadn't accounted for the fact that there might not be much of a resolution to the battle, and he hadn't imagined what it would feel like when the war just sort of ended, without anyone admitting defeat and congratulating him for his bravery. Dave Eggers
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When you have a plan, and then it doesn't turn out as you imagined, how do you feel? Do you feel a sense of defeat? Or, do you feel a sense of failure? In this quote, Jonathan Winters talks about how his life turned out differently than he had planned. However, if he had really thought the war through, he would have realized that things weren't always as they seem. If he had really thought the war through, he would have seen that sometimes there isn't much of a resolution to the battle.

Source: The Wild Things

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