Habit: Often mistaken for love.

Words can bruise and break hearts, and minds as well. There are no black and blue marks, no broken bones to put in plaster casts, and therefore no prison bars for the offender.

The British have an umbilical cord which has never been cut and through which tea flows constantly. It is curious to watch them in times of sudden horror, tragedy or disaster. The pulse stops apparently, and nothing can be done, and not one move made, until a “nice cup of tea” is quickly made. There is no question that it brings solace and does steady the mind. What a pity all countries are not.

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

To lose your prejudices you must travel.

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

H is for Hardware store: I'd rather go to the hardware store than the opera. And I like the opera.