When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest.

Keep right on lying to me. That's what I want you to do.

I do not want you ever to initiate any action for any refunds of taxes without first consulting me and presenting the matter fully to me so that I may judge whether it is an honorable and ethical action to take, not simply legally, but according to my own personal standards.

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

I loved you when I saw you today and I loved you always but I never saw you before.

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.

You are killing me, fish, the old man thought. But you have a right to. Never have I seen a greater, or more beautiful, or a calmer or more noble thing than you, brother.