"If all had gone the way a lot of people thought it would, Jesus Christ would have been among us again, and the American flag would have been planted on Venus and Mars. No such luck!"
Chapter 1, Page 13

"One boy of only 18 said to me while he was dying and I was holding him in my arms, 'Dirty joke, dirty joke.'"
Chapter 2, Page 22

"And almost every book written for or about the ruling class."
Chapter 3, Page 31

"I learned to lie like that in high school."
Chapter 4, Page 36

"What's the hurry, son?"
Chapter 6, Page 50

"Too bad you were born. Nobody has any use for you."
Chapter 8, Page 68

"They could feast their eyes on whatever they liked, just so long as it was not relevant."
Chapter 9, Page 70

"All I ever wanted to overthrow were ignorance and self-serving fantasies."
Chapter 11, Page 92

"Who could blame the educated classes with political connections...