Maybe right and wrong did not move, but understanding of them did. The wrenching pain of walking the same path, even for a short space, tore away the willingness to judge.

People only tell lies when the truth is disagreeable to them, or frightens them, or to cover sin.

I am now working on the second WWI story and find the challenge marvelous.

We all try to forget what hurts us, it is sometimes the only way we can continue.

The truth can be very sharp. But it makes a cleaner wound than lies. It will not fester

Americans sometimes say to me that they have no class system themselves. All human beings have class systems. It can be based on a different thing in a different country, but the thing about breeding is, you can't buy it. You can't buy class.

some kinds of beauty did not heal, but hollowed the pain even deeper.