“The victory of humanity over man.Humanity had conquered the inhuman.And by what means? In what way? How had it overcome the giant of anger and hatred? What arms had it used? What engine of war? The cradle.”

“Forever did not mean what it once had. Forever was what changed inevitably over time.”

“Those who attempt to conquer hatred by hatred are like warriors who take weapons to overcome others who bear arms. This does not end hatred, but gives it room to grow. But, ancient wisdom has advocated a different timeless strategy to overcome hatred. This eternal wisdom is to meet hatred with non-hatred. The method of trying to conquer hatred through hatred never succeeds in overcoming hatred. But, the method of overcoming hatred through non-hatred is eternally effective. That is why that method is described as eternal wisdom. ”

“Feminism has had exactly the same problem that "political correctness" has had: people keep using the phrase without really knowing what it means.”

“What was war really like? What vast crack had buried Jeff down in the mud, had sent Andy off with cattle? What had changed her best friend so much he could barely look at her now?”

“Human life was rarely shapely, only intermittently meaningful, its clumsiness the inevitable consequence of the victory of content over form, of what and when over how and why.”