I suffer from the congenital weakness of believing I can do anything.

The Battle of Normandy was won on the beaches of Dieppe

Whatever it is that isn't uplifting or educating your mind, surely doesn't deserve a moment of shelter in it.

Christmas music is usually more concentrated pop music in a way. It's meant to make us feel good, and it's meant to make us like we belong somewhere.

If a soldier or labourer complain of the hardship of his lot, set him to do nothing.

The future is unwritten.

Not following her is the hardest thing I've ever done.

I will have nothing to do with a bomb!

Since events are not metaphors, the literal-minded have a certain advantage in dealing with them.

Even when we get what we wish, it is not ours.

We are imprisoned in life in the company of persons powerfully unlike us.

The best way to resist temptation is to avoid it. Prevention is far, far better than repentance.