It seems to me that the moment has come when the question of bombing of German cities simply for the sake of increasing the terror, though under other pretexts, should be reviewed...I feel the need for more precise concentration upon military objectives, such as oil and communications behind the immediate battle-zone, rather than on mere acts of terror and wanton destruction, however impressive.

Air power may either end war or end civilization.

The Times is speechless, and takes three columns to express its speechlessness.

The poodle [Rufus] ate in the dining room with the rest of the [Churchill] family. A cloth was laid for him on the Persian carpet beside the head of the household, and no one else ate until the butler had served Rufus's meal.

This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put.

Your greatest fears are created by your imagination. Don't give in to them.

There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is England.