“The real prize is never delivered by memory or by imagination, but by something above them.”

“To set the cause above renown,
To love the game above the prize.”

“To rank the effort above the prize may be called love.”

“There are some people who will never understand what
loyalty means. They could tell you what it was, of course,
but they will never know. They will never see it from the inside.
They couldn't imagine a world where something like that was real.”

“The primary goal of real education is not to deliver facts but to guide students to the truths that will allow them to take responsibility for their lives.”

“Just as real events are forgotten, some that never were can be in our memories as if they happened.”

“Is the flow of time something real, or might our sense of time passing be just an illusion that hides the fact that what is real is only a vast collection of memories?”

“… [T]here should be a real sense of your imagination and your memories walking and woolgathering, tramping the hills, romping all over the place. Trust them. Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.”

“The Rifles were a new kind of regiment, prizing skill and intelligence above blind discipline.”

“memories are funny things. Sometimes they’re real, but other times they change into what we want them to be”