There's no reason to do anything twice, and certainly no reason to do something that almost killed you.

War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of.

The only thing that makes battle psychologically tolerable is the brotherhood among soldiers. You need each other to get by.

Maybe the ultimate wound is the one that makes you miss the war you got it in.

An adventure is a situation where the outcome is not entirely within your control. It is up to fate, in other words

No matter how many people you kill, using a machine gun in battle is not a war crime because it does not cause unnecessary suffering; it simply performs its job horrifyingly well.

War is a lot of things and it's useless to pretend that exciting isn't one of them. (pg. 144)

I don't think journalists in World War II were objective about the Nazis, and I don't think they should have been.

The army consists of the first infantry division and eight million replacements.

All journalists hope that their work will inspire a broader conversation. I think that's just what journalism is.

Firemen don't talk about whether a burning warehouse is worth saving.

If you cannot find and appreciate the beauty of your own thoughts, how can others appreciate you?

Mother's ways are higher than others, even when everyone rejects, mother accepts with her arms open and wide.

Never eat more than you can lift.

The public is increasingly disgusted with a steady diet of defamation, and prepared to reward those who refrain from it.

Condition, circumstance, is not the thing; Bliss is the same in subject or in king.

Inspiration starts somewhere.

We've got a lot to gain and nothing to lose.

There are a lot of people who pretend to have moral ethics and they talk from both sides of their mouth.

Real power... comes not from hate, but from truth.

[Being alcoholic] you're either too high or you're too low. I mean, I was always looking for the bell to ring. I was always waiting for that bell.