In general, however, the human ability to adjust is beyond belief. - P19
Consequently, men are likely to accept and even enjoy any large, male society such as a team, an army, or a dorm, more than women do a similar female society. - P19
What was revealed there defied the validity of our usual social judgments. The ordinarily accepted symbols of status—money, family, education, sophistication—were totally irrelevant here. - P23
Perhaps the greatest value of this experience, as of almost all war experiences, was that we worked our way through the false barriers of the world at large to reach our common humanity. In time, we were able to see our neighbors for what they were rather than for what they had. - P24
The core of its strength was what I might call the "mentality of decision." - P27
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