So the more things remained the same, the more they changed after all. Nothing endures. Not love, not a tree, not even a death by violence.

I never killed anybody and I never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. Because my war ended before I ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there.

So the more things remain the same, the more they change after all.

It was demeaning to scrape affection from virtually everyone you encountered. That was immature.

The next major advance in the health of the American people will be determined by what the individual is willing to do for himself.

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.

It seemed clear that wars were not made by generations and their special stupidities, but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart