I discovered that my own little postage stamp of native soil was worth writing about and that I would never live long enough to exhaust it.

Well, between Scotch and nothin', I suppose I'd take Scotch. It's the nearest thing to good moonshine I can find.

Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday's omissions and regrets.

I will never lie again.

War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.

Try to be better than yourself.

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.