The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower the class.

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

Understanding the past requires pretending that you don't know the present. It requires feeling its own pressure on your pulses without any ex post facto illumination.

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

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.

If we do not redefine manhood, war is inevitable.

Travel at its truest is thus an ironic experience.