There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, I said, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.

I don't know what's going on, and I'm probably not smart enough to understand if somebody was to explain it to me. All I know is we're being tested somehow, by somebody or some thing a whole lot smarter than us, and all I can do is be friendly and keep calm and try and have a nice time till it's over.

Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.

How complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is.

The secret to success in any human endeavor is total concentration.

The other American divisions on our flanks managed to pull out: We were obliged to stay and fight. Bayonets aren't much good against tanks.

There are plenty of good reasons for fighting.