Hitler at the end thought that he himself was one more casualty in the war.

Since Alice had never received any religious instruction, and since she had led a blameless life, she never thought of her awful luck as being anything but accidents in a very busy place. Good for her.

One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters.

The right of the people to peacefully assemble and petition their government for a redress of grievances is now worth a pitcher of warm spit. That's because TV will not come and treat it respectfully. Television is really something.

A story has to be a good date, because the reader can stop at any time. Remember, readers are selfish and have no compulsion to be decent about anything.

And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.

Anything can make me stop and look and wonder, and sometimes learn.