Please give us a simple answer, so that we don't have to think, because if we think, we might find answers that don't fit the way we want the world to be

It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are the main thing. If they are on the other side then this is a valuable bonus.

I'm not cruel, sir, I won't shoot you in the guts, but I will make you realize how much you took your toes for granted.

She got on with her education. In her opinion, school kept on trying to interfere with it.

The thing about football - the important thing about football - is that it is not just about football.

He moved in a way that suggested he was attempting the world speed record for the nonchalant walk.

There is a soak-the-rich attitude in the air, a feeling that if you have a lot of money you must have got it by some ghastly means. I can quite happily say there was never any family money. All the money we got was mine, just from writing books.