i find nothing more depressing than optimism. Author: Paul Fussell Copy Quote More from Paul Fussell “If I didn't have writing, I'd be running down the street hurling grenades in pe…” “The day after the British entered the war Henry James wrote a friend:The plunge…” “If truth is the main casualty in war, ambiguity is another.” “If we do not redefine manhood, war is inevitable.”