Murder is only killing in the wrong place.
The sky darkened, the air grew colder, but he didn't mind. It didn't occur to him to move. This was the right place. This was where he had wanted to be.
Looking straight at the world is part of your duty as a writer.
A society that devours its own young deserves no automatic or unquestioning allegiance.
It's the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else's pain.
Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.