I am all that there is of the most real.

I often wonder why the whole world is so prone to generalise. Generalisations are seldom if ever true and are usually utterly inaccurate.

When the fact doesn't meet the theory then let go the theory.

You have a tendency, Hastings, to prefer the least likely. That, no doubt, is from reading too many detective stories.

Surfing is like that. You are either vigorously cursing or else you are idiotically pleased with yourself.

To win a war is as disasterous as to lose one.

There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.