Names turned over by time, like the plough turning the soil. Bringing up the new while the old were buried in the mud.

Get what you can with words, because words are free, but the words of an armed man ring that much sweeter.

Armour... is part of a state of mind... in which you admit the possibility... of being hit.

The truth is like salt. Men want to taste a little, but too much makes everyone sick.

Death is a bored clerk, with too many orders to fill. There is no reckoning. No profound moment. It creeps up on us from behind, and snatches us away while we shit.

So you love war. I used to think you were a decent man. But I see now I was mistaken. You're a hero.

Remember, though, that you are the king's observer, not the king's champion.

...Chief without soldiers is just a very lonely man in a big bloody field

Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.

We don't act like that because we are in good humor we are in a good humor because otherwise we should go to pieces.

Her passions were narrow but deep.

...If I ever got sloppy and maudlin, it would be for the streets of my childhood—but no self- respecting writer should ever eulogize a slum...

I spread the message of hope and of unity. That's what gets me up in the morning. I can tell you what is wrong, but I can't tell you how to fix it. I'm a raptivist, not a politician. I deal in hope.

I perform for soldiers because they are important.

Only by confronting your demons can you ever hope to conquer them.

Because I trained in theater, I always leave a film shoot feeling like I haven't done anything, like I just sat in front of the camera and whispered, essentially.

You insisted on thinking of them as angels, even if they were fallen angels.

The terrorists hide behind Allah.