Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.

A person without a memory is either a child or an amnesiac. A country without a memory is neither a child nor an amnesiac, but neither is it a country.

It's not good to make sentimental journeys. You see the differences instead of the sameness.

the boys had learned that laughter stilled anxiety. It cleared away mystery. If you could laugh at something, it erased its importance.

The reminder that there are people who have worse troubles than you is not an effective pain-killer.

Our security must be threatened in order for us to appreciate it.

Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.