As I come to understand Vietnam and what it implies about the human condition, I also realize that few humans will permit themselves such an understanding.

It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses, and apologized to no one.

Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.

Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.

London has been used as the emblematic English city, but it's far from representative of what life in England is actually about.

Don't leave home without your sword - your intellect.

I think that we need mythology. We need a bedrock of story and legend in order to live our lives coherently.