There are simply more young people than there ever were. You get this feeling of strength. Also, large numbers can be a drawback, making it difficult to lose one's anonymity.

You have to do what you think is the right thing, but just make sure it’s the right thing in the long run, and not just for the moment.

We are all born equally far from the sun.

Nothing endures. Not a tree. Not love. Not even death by violence.

Everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him.

The summer of 1943 at Exeter was as happy a time as I ever had in my life.

I knew that part of friendship consisted in accepting a friend’s shortcomings, which sometimes included his parents.