i find nothing more depressing than optimism.

“Today the Somme is a peaceful but sullen place, unforgetting and unforgiving. .…”

“I would read accounts of so-called battles I had been in, and they had no relat…”

“If I didn't have writing, I'd be running down the street hurling grenades in pe…”

“When ... asked what I am writing, I have answered, "A book about social class i…”