La Vie En Rose for 2006 January 24

Stop me if I've quoted this already. But it's one of my favorites:

What struck me most about these men was the way in which they blew their own trumpets in full retreat and while flying from the enemy... They were all saying, "We will you bring the Kaiser's head, miss"; to which I replied, "Well, you had better turn round and go the other way."
--Sarah Macnaughtan