I could believe only in the hell I was living in, a hell on earth, and it was man-made, not God-made.

If it is possible to be happy in the middle of a nightmare, then Topthorn and I were happy that summer.

I think people are more in contact now with the consequences of war than they've been for a very long time. And that's what amazes me when sometimes politicians seem to forget their history. They don't look and re-learn about what has happened before. Maybe they haven't got the memory, maybe they're already too young, but you can see how we become puffed up, and how we as a nation rise so quickly if we're not careful.

But just as soon as this war's over and finished with,I'll get back home and marry her.I've grown up with her, Joey, known her all my life. S'pose I know her almost as well as I know myself, and I like her a lot better.

Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable.

There's a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and never can be?

cause when there's life there's still hope