The only place where you could see life and death, i. e., violent death now that the wars were over, was in the bull ring and I wanted very much to go to Spain where I could study it. I was trying to learn to write, commencing with the simplest things, and one of the simplest things of all and the most fundamental is violent death.

They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.

The old man looked at him with his sun-burned, confident loving eyes.

You ought to be ironical the minute you get out of bed. You ought to wake up with your mouth full of pity.

The only place where you could see life and death, i. e., violent death now that the wars were over, was in the bull ring and I wanted very much to go to Spain where I could study it. I was trying to learn to write, commencing with the simplest things, and one of the simplest things of all and the most fundamental is violent death.

I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently.

I would take anything I love and throw it off the highest cliff you ever saw and not wait to hear it bounce.