The past, which as always did not know the future, acted in ways that ask tobe imagined before they are condemned. Or even simplified. - Paul Fussell
i find nothing more depressing than optimism. - Paul Fussell
If you are an author and give one of your books to a member of the upper class, you must never expect him to read it. - Paul Fussell
Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles. - Paul Fussell
The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower your class. - Paul Fussell
If I didn't have writing, I'd be running down the street hurling grenades in people's faces. - Paul Fussell