The Navy's a very gentlemanly business. You fire at the horizon to sink a ship and then you pull people out of the water and say, 'Frightfully sorry, old chap.'

Life should serve up its feast of experience in a series of courses.

How would I myself live in this proposed society? How long would it be before I went stark staring mad?

I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been.

While I am on, I can discipline myself to that extent. When I am off, I can't discipline myself at all. On the other hand, when I am off, there are so many things I like doing, it doesn't really matter.

He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life,where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one's waking life was spent watching one's feet.

We did everything adults would do. What went wrong?