This goes a long way to explaining the colossal level of political apathy in society.

After Afghanistan we could expect that we learned some lessons. But we repeated all the stupidity possible in Chechnya. It would be impossible to say Russia stopped the war, but you could say that only Russia lost the war.

People have faith in very little. That is the reality of our way of life.

Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society.

All the girls stared at me with hatred in their eyes. It was a big drama that had to be acted out. But deep down, nobody really cared. The other girls didn't care about Jennifer. Jennifer didn't care about me. I didn't care about anything.
Everyone was so full of crap.

The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate, God made them, high or lowly, and ordered their estate.