“The best thing is the combined effect of nicotine with alcohol, greater than the sum of the two parts.”

“There you are, sir. There's nothing more than to love and be loved.”

“It's better to have a malign providence than an indifferent one.”

“The thing about opium is that it makes pain or difficulty unimaginable.”

“They're so attached to their patterns that they've forgotten rule number one of human behavior: there are no patterns. People just do things. There's no such things as a coherent and fully integrated human personality, let alone consistent motivation.”

“One of the hardest things about being alive is being with other people.”

“The men loved jokes, though they had heard each one before. Jack's manner was persuasive; few of them had seen the old stories so well delivered. Jack himeself laughed a little, but he was able to see the effect his performance had on his audience. The noise of their laughter roared like the sea in his ears. He wanted it louder and louder; he wanted them to drown out the war with their laughter. If the could should loud enough, they might bring the world back to its senses; they might laugh loud enough to raise the dead.”