Wars damage the civilian society as much as they damage the enemy. Soldiers never get over it.

If the guidebook used to be critical, today it seems largely a celebratory adjunct to the publicity operations of hotels, resorts, and even countries.

To get home you had to end the war. To end the war was the reason you fought it. The only reason.

Anyone telling about his travels must be a liar, . . . for if a traveler doesn't visit his narrative with the spirit and techniques of fiction, no one will want to hear it.

Wars damage the civilian society as much as they damage the enemy. Soldiers never get over it.

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.