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Most People Who Seek Attention And Regard By Announcing That They're Writing A Novel Are Actually So Devoid Of Narrative Talent That They Can't Hold The Attention Of A Dinner Table For Thirty Seconds, Even With A Dirty Joke.

Travel At Its Truest Is Thus An Ironic Experience, And The Best Travellers . . . Seem To Be Those Able To Hold Two Or Three Inconsistent Ideas In Their Minds At The Same Time, Or Able To Regard Themselves As At Once Serious Persons And Clowns.

Travel At Its Truest Is Thus An Ironic Experience.

Today The Somme Is A Peaceful But Sullen Place, Unforgetting And Unforgiving. ... To Wander Now Over The Fields Destined To Extrude Their Rusty Metal Fragments For Centuries Is To Appreciate In The Most Intimate Way The Permanent Reverberations Of July, 1916. When The Air Is Damp You Can Smell Rusted Iron Everywhere, Even Though You See Only Wheat And Barley.

Anybody Who Notices Unpleasant Facts In The Have-a-nice-day World We Live In Is Going To Be Designated A Curmudgeon.