Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences. – John Buchan
He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply. – John Buchan
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The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. – John Buchan
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The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. – John Buchan
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The search for conspiracy only increases the elements of morbidity and paranoia and fantasy in this country. It romanticizes crimes that are terrible because of their lack of purpose. It obscures our necessary understanding, all of us, that in this life there is often tragedy without reason. – Anthony Lewis
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