Gilbert K. Chesterton

The mere brute pleasure of reading the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.

Journalism largely consists of saying 'Lord Jones is Dead' to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

The weird thing about grief, for me at least, was when each of my parents died, for a year or two afterwards I was pretty wildly brave - just willing to take life on.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.