It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.
I look at my career and it's still hard for me to believe the way things turned out and how things happened. I've been so blessed.
I met Richard Burton, an RAF cadet on a two-term course. I would have flirted more enthusiastically if it had not been for the horrid boils on the back of his neck.