Joseph Heller

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.

Destiny is a good thing to accept when it's going your way. When it isn't, don't call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.

I feel sorry for generations of Labour voters and supporters who must look and wonder what on earth has gone wrong and what Labour is for.

It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization.

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.