13 Quotes by Vera Brittain about war

  • Author Vera Brittain
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    Het gedreun van de kanonnen in de verte was eerder te voelen dan te horen; nu en dan trok er een rilling door de aarde, was er een vibratie die werd meegevoerd door de wind, terwijl ik op dat moment niets hoorde.

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  • Author Vera Brittain
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    For me, as for all the world, the War was a tragedy and a vast stupidity, a waste of youth and of time; it betrayed my faith, mocked my love, and irremediably spoilt my career.

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  • Author Vera Brittain
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    Most men, whether men or women, wish above all else to be comfortable, and thought is a pre-eminently uncomfortable process; it brings to the individual far more suffering than happiness in a semi-civilised world which still goes to war.

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  • Author Vera Brittain
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    Modern war and modern civilisation are utterly incompatible...one or the other must go.

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