Paul Fussell

The worst thing about war was the sitting around and wondering what you were doing morally.

Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles.

The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower the class.

But before looking to the future, let's glance back at the road we've traveled these past two years because that is the source of much of the optimism we are all feeling about the future.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

I had siblings from South Asia, from East Asia, from depressed communities around America, and you know, we'd have long conversations.