Everything you do in war is a crime in peace
The author portrays himself in every line he writes and portrayal is always betrayal.
To the Latin, cynicism and middle age are synonymous. Look at our politicians - they move through their careers from left to center to right, like the hands of a clock.
Other people's children, like other people's love affairs, were so much less interesting than one's own.
Were modern cities only beautiful after darkness hid everything but their lights?
At twenty your choices are almost unlimited. At fifty you're a prisoner of past decisions. At seventy you have no free will left at all.