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"I found out only recently that we were making an index of enemy code signs."
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"If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril."

"Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion."

"He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy."

"While the CDC is focusing on how our enemies could attack us, our military is focused on who may attack us."
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"Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle."

"Twenty years ago, I was living in a lovely cottage on the edge of Dartmoor but I couldn't afford to run a car."

"We're all like children. We may think we grow up, but to me, being grown up is death, stopping thinking, trying to find out things, going on learning."

"Each marriage has to be judged separately, and we never know what's going on in another person's marriage."

"I have deliberately left Sylvester and Julia's appearances to the reader's imagination."

"It was pretty awful for us children because we never really knew the local children. Mother was keen for us to learn languages, so our travels took us to France and Italy, as well as the West Country."

"Writing Part of the Scenery has been a very different experience. I have been reminded of people and events, real and imaginary which have been part of my life. This book is a celebration of the land which means so much to me."

"People try much less hard to make a marriage work than they used to fifty years ago. Divorce is easier."
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