Read, read read. Read everything.

Just when do men that have different blood in them stop hating one another?

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.

The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.

...the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time.

I suppose that people, using themselves and each other so much by words, are at least consistent in attributing wisdom to a still tongue.

I'm inclined to think that a military background wouldn't hurt anyone.