I prefer all but the very worst travel books, to all but the very best novels.

Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression.

The only thing that it is advisable to know in any language is the numerals; and even there, you can do a lot with the fingers.

All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day.

He had no strength for any other war than his own solitary struggle to keep alive.

When I reached C Company lines, which were at the top of the hill, I paused and looked back at the camp, just coming into full view below me through the grey mist of early morning.

After all, damn it, what does being in love mean if you can't trust a person.