“It began to seem that the generals had got us into something they had no business doing.”

“What I write about is not war but the courage of man.”

“But the pain, the memories--those were the toughest. They'd come at you out of nowhere.”

“Toda sociedad es un sistema de interpretación del mundo (...) Su propia identidad no es otra cosa que ese "sistema de interpretación", ese mundo que ella crea. Y esa es la razón por la cual la sociedad percibe como un peligro mortal todo ataque contra ese sistema de interpretación; lo persigue como un ataque contra su identidad, contra sí misma”

“Men have unlearned the ability to recognize the godly in themselves and in things: nature and art, family and state have only interest for them as sensations. Therefore their lives flow meaninglessly by, and their shared culture is inwardly empty and will collapse because it is worthy of collapse.”

“You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you.”

“Scream… please scream; it thrills me so.”