“Bob's talent, such as it is, consists entirely of the few unconscious charms of youth: its energy, audacity and complete inability to recognize its own shortcomings.”
“The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.”
“The problem with incompetence is its inability to recognize itself.”
“But youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.”
“Senseless violence is a prerogative of youth, which has much energy but little talent for the constructive.”
“Even in complete silence, Buckshaw had its own unique silence; a silence I would recognize anywhere. ”