For war there is always enough. It's peace that's expensive.

The smartest people in Washington are the political reporters. They write about their inferiors.

He was sick with lust and mesmerized with regret

Just for once I'd like to see all these things sort of straightened out, with each person getting exactly what he deserves. It might give me some confidence in this universe.

Well then I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn't I?

There are yawning gulfs into which large chunks of me have fallen. I do not always know where I am at present.

You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You're dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot!