Anybody who notices unpleasant facts in the have-a-nice-day world we live in is going to be designated a curmudgeon.
Wars damage the civilian society as much as they damage the enemy. Soldiers never get over it.
I find nothing more depressing than optimism.
If truth is the main casualty in war, ambiguity is another.
The simple is carefully shunned by those who labour to seem what they would be.
All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel