Judging by the vast amount of cookbooks printed and sold in the United States one would think the American woman a fanatical cook. She isn't.

one should be afraid of life, not of death.

Victory is gay only back home. Up front it is joyless.

Being in the depths of sadness is just as important an experience as being exuberantly happy.

...it gives you the impression that every day is Sunday.

Every human being is in need of talking to somebody. In this country nobody has time. It seems that talking to a friend has gone out of style. Now you have to pay money to go to an analyst.

I was raised almost entirely on turnips and potatoes, but I think that the turnips had more to do with the effect than the potatoes.