People say there are no atheists in foxholes. A lot of people think this is a good argument against atheism. Personally, I think it's a much better argument against foxholes.

The Contessa was surely way ahead of her time, too, in believing that men were not only usless and idiotic, but downright dangerous. That idea wouldn't catch on big in her native country until the last three years of the Vietnam War.

Never trust a survivor until you know how they survived.

Everything is nothing, with a twist.

What memories for mud to have.

I was hoping to build a country and add to its literature. That's why I served in World War II, and that's why I wrote books.

Literature should not disappear up its own asshole, so to speak.