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What classic image does the first quote borrow?
It borrows the Don Quixote image of tilting at windmills to describe fighting many imagined battles.
When does the second quote say this fighting happened most?
It specifically points to the college years as a time of constant struggle against invented enemies.
Are these battles described as real or imagined?
They lean imagined, following the Quixote reference, suggesting effort spent on struggles that were not truly necessary.
Do both quotes describe the same kind of struggle?
Yes, both use windmill-fighting as a shared metaphor for tackling difficulties that may not have been worth it.
What overall theme ties these two quotes together?
Both reflect on a long personal pattern of fighting battles that, in hindsight, resemble tilting at windmills.
Another places that same struggle squarely in the college years, describing constant fights against invented enemies.
