“I like a decent funeral, and God knows in my family we've seen enough ...” — Matt Roper Quote

“I like a decent funeral, and God knows in my family we've seen enough of them. Looking through family photographs now is like watching an episode of 'Dad's Army.'”

“I want truth. I'm crying out to hear it. I need it like oxygen.”

“Milk which is just about to turn is akin to that moment spent on the cusp of failure in a dulled and fettered relationship.”

“The president said nothing about the views of government in regard to the possibility of Carolinas seceding. This however was frequently spoken of by other statesmen at the North. I think they were unanimous in this, that no army would be sent here.”

“My parents came from working-class, small-peasant, farm-labourer backgrounds and had made the grade during the fascist years; my father came out of the army as a captain.”

“My father was a doctor, an army cardiologist.”