If Ive vividly laid out the narrative, the reader will come to his own conclusions.

In battle, topography is fate.

Global war is a clash of systems, not just battalions biffing one another in some godforsaken forest.

The American army between world wars after World War I had virtually disintegrated. It was a very small force, given largely to practicing cavalry charges on western outposts.

There are occasions when it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all.

You don't need to chase wealth, just become a real entrepreneur and the world is your oyster.

Presumptions macerate mind.

What did a few ripples in the flesh matter when, all too soon, now or later, that flesh would be making its return journey to dust?

The military preferred - invariably - those who could be readily defined, assigned roles, understood, and controlled.

You know what I did before I married? Anything I wanted to.

We are possessed by the things we possess. When I like an object, I always give it to someone. It isn't generosity-it's only because I want others to be enslaved by objects, not me.

I never saw the gold plates, only in a visionary or entranced state.

Worse than telling a lie is spending the rest of your life staying true to a lie.

If you want to reach out for something new, you must first let go of what’s in your hand.