One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.
I ought not to speak about the dead because the dead are all over the place.
All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage.
Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, then it slips through your fingers and is lost.
The weasel under the cocktail cabinet.
A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of work.