Be alone with my thoughts? Near on unachievable these days.

Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is a nightmare. We should remember this.

Work for yourself, live for yourself. That's the only way.

Bullets don't distinguish between tough and weak.

"When you go to war as a boy, you have a great illusion of immortality. Other people get killed, not you... Then, when you are badly wounded the first time, you lose that illusion."