Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? It's great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but I'm not complaining,... Those who find growing old terrible are people who haven't done what they wanted with their lives.

And though various organizations in America and England collected money and sent food parcels to these refugees, nothing was ever received by the Spanish.

I only knew about daily life. It was said, well, it isn't everybody's daily life. That is why I started.

In the last camp they all ate grass, until the authorities forbade them to pull it up. They were accustomed to having the fruits of their little communal gardens stolen by the guards, after they had done all the work; but at the last camp everything was stolen.