“Charles threw down the knife. Its thud was lost in the high-spirited bedlam of young men let loose upon a task so gruesome, the only sane response was perverse frivolity.”
“Don't let two men fall in love with you, girls. It's not the sort of thing that ends well."-Uncle Charles”
“The greatness of a nation is not the military power to enforce its will upon others, but rather its capacity to inspire high ideals and a humanizing spirit.”
“So, let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look over not only ourselves, but each other.”
“Bedlam: an institution with a history so fearsome it gave its name to a synonym for chaos and pandemonium.”
“A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys.”