Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Even among men lacking all distinction he inevitably stood out as a man lacking more distinction than all the rest, and people who met him were always impressed by how unimpressive he was.

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

I'm gonna live forever, or die trying.

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

The promises of maniacs, like those of women, are not safely relied upon.

But the God I don't believe in is a good God, a just God, a merciful God. He's not the mean and stupid God you make him out to be.

The problem with the loneliness I suffer is that the company of others has never been a cure for it.