“If the future remains uncertain, we know the past history of nationalism. And that should be sufficient to encourage a habit of watchful suspicion.”

“A banal mysticism, which is so banal that all the mysticism seems to have evaporated long ago, binds 'us' to the homeland - that special place which is more than a place, more than a geophysical area.”

“All societies that maintain armies maintain the belief that some things are more valuable than life itself.”

“It is better to take the other road, even if it's longer. Get a car, maybe" Green Eyes”

“We remember the pains of our pasts, so we don't make the same mistakes in our futures.”

“We talk about how he and Leanne are doing knowing full well there is no sufficient answer.p 294”

“One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us.”