“An age is called Dark, not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.”

“a soldier lives always for the next battle, because he knows that before it arrives impossible changes can occur in his favor.”

“For this is the journey that men make, to find themselves. If they fail in this, it doesn't matter much what else they find.”

“[Very rich people] with brains make a great effort to hold on to every penny they have while preaching to the general population that freedom and dignity and patriotism are possible only under their protection; in this way they elicit the support of the very people they hold in subjection.”

“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, you might better stay home.”

“A nation becomes what its young people read in their youth. Its ideals are fashioned then, its goals strongly determined.”

“I wish I could tell you about the South Pacific. The way it actually was. The endless ocean. The infinite specks of coral we called islands. Coconut palms nodding gracefully toward the ocean. Reefs upon which waves broke into spray, and inner lagoons, lovely beyond description. I wish I could tell you about the sweating jungle, the full moon rising behind the volcanoes, and the waiting. The waiting. The timeless, repetitive waiting.”