“Men of passion and vision are often seen as mad.”

“You," I surmised, and gestured round. "Thank you.""No," he denied. His pale hair floated out from beneath his cap in a halo as he shook his head. "But I assisted. Thank you for bathing. It makes my...”

“One part braggart to one part coward. He would fear everyone he did not control. And the next day he would fear those he controlled even more.”

“I was amazed at how strong women were when they were angry.”

“The days we shared I alone would remember now.I suddenly felt less real.”

“Surprise!-FitzChivalry”

“Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine.”

“I know that the whole pointthe only pointis tofind the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse tolet them go.”

“No one lived forever. But you fought for every minute you could get. Bought a little more with a lot of hard work.”

“Victory settles a lot of arguments in most men's heads.”

“To obtain victory by any means and with any weapon.”

“When you're in a weak position, getting the best deal possible is a victory.”

“First of all, Saddam did not win the war, even though he says he did, I mean, you know, that's a joke and everybody in the world knows it.”

“The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose.”

“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a ...”