A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.
“I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.”
“I won twenty-eight games in thirty-five and I couldn't believe my eyes when the Cards sent me a contract with a cut in salary. Mr Rickey said I deserved a cut because I didn't win thirty games.”