The balls used in top class games are generally smaller than those used in others.

I am working on a book urging the beating to death of baby whales using the dead bodies of baby seals.

Every war is ironic because every war is worse than expected. Every war constitutes an irony of situation because its means are so melodramatically disproportionate to its presumed ends.

All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel

Irony is the attendant of hope and the fuel of hope is innocence.

The wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.

Understanding the past requires pretending that you don't know the present.