“Dont switch the blame to her, that's the oldest trick of all cowards”

“That's one of the oldest tricks in the world, Adrien-with-an-e.”

“Time continued to pass - the oldest trick in the world, and maybe the only one that really is magic.”

“When a man died, there had to be blame. Jimmy Cross understood this. You could blame the war, You could blame the idiots who made the war. You could blame Kiowa for going to it. You could blame the rain. You could blame the river. You could blame the field, the mud, the climate. You could blame the enemy. You could blame the mortar rounds. You could blame people who were too lazy to read a newspaper, who were bored by the daily body counts, who switched channels at the mention of politics. You could blame whole nations. You could blame God. You could blame the munitions makers or Karl Marx or a trick of fate of an old man in Omaha who forgot to vote.”

“Live your life, take chances, be crazy. Dont wait 'cause right now is the oldest you've ever been & the youngest you'll be ever again”

“I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.”