In order to arrive at what you are not, you must go through the way in which you are not.

In the faint moonlight, the grass is singing

When war is not just it is subsequently justified; so it becomes many things. In reality, an unjust war is merely piracy. It consists of piracy, ego and, more than anything, money. War is our century's prostitution.

We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.

The chief danger about Paris is that it is such a strong stimulant.

Poetry is a mug's game.

The Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat: If you offer him pheasant he would rather have grouse. If you put him in a house he would much prefer a flat, If you put him in a flat then he'd rather have a house. If you set him on a mouse then he only wants a rat, If you set him on a rat then he'd rather chase a mouse. Yes the Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat - And there isn't any call for me to shout it: For he will do As he do do And there's no doing anything about it!