I am happy to see you, Maso

He feared at certain moments that the only new knowledge he would take away from this country was learning how to swim and use the telephone.

All of them would understand, as he did now, that he had crossed a line in himself, he had left their world behind, the decent world of tea parties and suburban witticisms.

What he sensed more than anything else was kindness – a kindness of a human and immediate sort. It was surprising how very radical this simple emotion could be.

The Indians were inside their bodies, he decided, in a way that the British were not. His own flesh impeded his spirit.

It is always an attractive moment when curiosity takes hold.

A silence followed, while the two men contemplated dying for love.

What I don’t understand about your type is that you want to emulate the other side. You kick up such a commotion about being different, and all you want is to be the same.

Of what earthly use were novels? How did they help anybody?

Do not waste your pity on a scamp.

It's better to waste money than time. You can always get more money.

When he's happy, it makes you happy too.

People ask me about my interests outside football, but I haven't really got any.

A sickly little smile grew and died on his mouth like a fungus.

The best way to revive a church is to build a fire in the pulpit.

Choice and chance structure art and nature.

Love is the part of us that is real.

The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years.

These days I am a teetotal, mean-spirited, right-wing, narrow-minded, conservative Christian bigot, but not a racist.