“Unlike most wars, which make rotten fiction in themselves - all plot and no characters, or made-up characters - Vietnam seems to be the perfect mix: the characters make the war, and the war unmakes the characters. The gods, fates, furies had a relatively small hand in it. The mess was man-made, a synthetic, by think tank out of briefing session.” ThinkingMenMadeWarCharacterHandsSeemsPerfectFictionFateMessPlotVietnamSessionFuryTanksRottenSyntheticBriefingSmall Hands Author:Wilfrid Sheed
“Mankind has always made too much of its saints and heroes, and how the latter handle the fuss might be called their final test.” MadeMightToo MuchMankindHeroTestsFinalsSaintHandleLatter Author:Wilfrid Sheed
“The actual Irish weather report is really a recording made in 1922, which no one has had occasion to change. "Scattered showers, periods of sunshine."” MadePeriodsWeatherOccasionsReportsSunshineShowers Book:The good word & other words Source: The good word & other words
