All wars are sacred to those who have to fight them. If the people who started wars didn't make them sacred, who would be foolish enough to fight?

men are so conceited they’ll believe anything that flatters them

There'll always be wars because men love wars. Women don't, but men do.

I've always had a weakness for lost causes once they're really lost.

Dear Scarlett! You aren't helpless. Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless. God help the Yankees if they should get you." -Rhett Butler

It's a curse - this not wanting to look on naked realities. Until the war, life was never more real to me than a shadow show on a curtain. And I preferred it so. I do not like the outlines of things to be too sharp. I like them gently blurred, a little hazy.

Every problem has two handles. You can grab it by the handle of fear or the handle of hope.