3 Wilfrid Sheed Quotes on Character

Wilfrid Sheed quotes on character

4. Mankind has always made too much of its saints and heroes, and how the latter handle the fuss might be called their final test.

16. Unlike most wars, which make rotten fiction in themselves - all plot and no characters, or made-up characters - Vietnam seems to be the perfect mix: the characters make the war, and the war unmakes the characters. The gods, fates, furies had a relatively small hand in it. The mess was man-made, a synthetic, by think tank out of briefing session.

41. Off she'd go to the hospital, a place I believe she secretly liked because they treat you like a child there.