It is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable.
This (Vietnam) was a land of rebellious barons. It was like Europe in the Middle Ages. But what were the Americans doing here? Columbus had not yet discovered their country.
You cannot conceive, nor can I, of the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God.
Despair is the price one pays for setting himself an impossible aim.
If you live in a place for long you cease to read about it.
In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.