Men who have embraced one idea can live only by and for that idea. Beyond it, they have nothing but their memories.

Only happy people have nightmares, from overeating. For those who live a nightmare reality, sleep is a black hole, lost in time, like death.

A day came when I should have died, and after that nothing seemed very important. So I have stayed as I am, without regret, separated from the normal human condition.

The problems I had existed before I did, and I discovered them.

War always reaches the depths of horror because of idiots who perpetuate terror from generation to generation under the pretext of vengeance.

Then there was the war, and I married it because there was nothing else when I reached the age of falling in love.

No time to spare: the expression assumed its full significance, as so many expressions do in wartime.

A day came when I should have died, and after than nothing seemed very important, so I stayed as I am, without regret separated from the normal human condition.

Only victors have stories to tell, we the vanquished were then thought ofas cowards and weaklings whose memoriesand fears should not be remembered.

Clearly, this was another thing I needed to add to the: ‘repetitive cycle of things that were constantly happening in my life’ list, which currently contained fainting and my ability to find trouble.

Hillary has the brains of someone who was born yesterday and the body of someone who died last week.

If one man challenges a statement and another cannot prove it, it does not necessarily follow that the statement is false.

Because after a time having a secret and nobody knowing you have a secret is no fun. And although you don't want others to know what the secret is, you want them to at least know you have one.

I love my life, I wouldn't give it up for the world.

I figure this is my time - to relax, be with my family and have a normal life.

We must not let go manifest truths because we cannot answer all questions about them.

Between childhood, boyhood, adolescence & manhood (maturity) there should be sharp lines drawn w/ Tests , deaths, feats, rites stories, songs, & judgements.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

I never looked at music as a serious ven­ture. There was very little encouragement from my family. I didn't have anybody to entertain, so it was hard to get motivated.