The trouble with lessons from history is that we usually read them best after falling flat on our chins.
One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast.
There is no way to stop. Writers go on writing long after it becomes financially unnecessary...because it hurts less to write than it does not to write.
Correct or not, he felt himself to be a useless pensioner, an impotent object of charity.
To the everlasting glory of the infantry, shines the name, shines the name of Rodger Young!
The only religious opinion I feel sure of is this: self-awareness is not just a bunch of amino acids bumping together.
We pray for one last landingOn the globe that gave us birth;Let us rest our eyes on fleecy skiesAnd the cool, green hills of Earth.
The practical reason for continuing our system is the same as the practical reason for continuing anything: It works satisfactorily.
Want to back out? Jill let out a long breath. No. I’ve always wanted a life of crime. Will you teach me gangster lingo? I want to be a credit to you.
You can die anyplace. They’ve never managed to regulate that.
Duke, almost the only human characteristic Mike seems to possess is an overwhelming desire to be liked.
The sort of guardian you can hire is worth about as much as the sort of wife you can buy.
Was no such thing as a dangerous weapon, there were only dangerous men.
In terms of morals there is no such thing as ‘state.’ Just men. Individuals. Each responsible for his own acts.
Dorcas, you already reek like a Marseilles cat house; don't wheedle Mike for more stinkum.
Life is short, but the years are long.
If I had had any sense, I'd have quit and taken a working job. The only trouble with that would be that I wouldn't have been working for the Old Man any longer. That made the difference. Not that he w...
The fact that he had broken his oath more times than there were years intervening did not trouble him; his was not a small mind bothered by logic and consistency.
Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.
Men are always for hire who like dirty work.
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