There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.
Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker and a thrilling nymph.
I feel an intense intimacy with those who have this loathing interest in me....
Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the history of the world can lose a war not on the battlefield of dust and blood but on the battlefield of world opinion.