“Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general.”

“A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime.”

“But they (the infantry) had no use for boys of twelve and thirteen, and before I had a chance in another war, the desire to kill people to whom I had not been introduced had passed away.”

“I cared about dogs because they were faithful and honest, and some dogs were cleverer and more interesting than some people.”

“A lot of people hate heroes. I was criticized for portraying people who are brave, honest, loving, intelligent. That was called weak and sentimental. People who dismiss all real emotion as sentimentality are cowards. They’re afraid to commit themselves, and so they remain ‘cool’ for the rest of their lives, until they’re dead—then they’re really cool.”

“This explains why, whenever a person says sie to me, I generally try to kill him, if a stranger.”

“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”