“It's so, so stupid what we do to ourselves because we're afraid. It's so stupid.”

“("Let's stand under a tree," she said. "Why?""Because it's nicer.""Maybe you should sit on a chair, and I'll stand above you, like they always do with husbands and wives.""That's stupid.""Why's it stupid?""Because we're not married.""Should we hold hands?""We can't.""But why?""Because, people will know.""Know what?""About us.""So what if they know?""It's better when it's a secret.""Why?""So no one can take it from us.")”

“We're here, and it's nighttime. So according to my calculations, we must not have done anything stupid.”

“stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves”

“When a war breaks out, people say: "It's too stupid; it can't last long." But though a war may well be "too stupid," that doesn't prevent its lasting. Stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves.”

“It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.”