Sadness is so ungrateful.
Persecution matures young rebels.
And there is not anything in the world stronger than tenderness.
One should never condemn what one cannot understand.
This is Malaya. Everything takes a long, a very long time, in Malaya. Things get done, occasionally, but more often they don't, and the more in a hurry you are, the quicker you break down.
No single crisis shapes a generation; but a succession of events, each one bringing its shaping blows to bear.