10,941 Quotes About War


  • Author Vasily Grossman
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    Sofya now understood the difference between life and existence: her life had come to an end, but her existence could drag on indefinitely. And however wretched and miserable this existence was, the thought of violent death still filled her with horror.

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  • Author Tayeb Salih
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    The blood of the setting sun suddenly spilled out on the western horizon like that of millions of people who have died in some violent war that has broken out between Earth and Heaven. Suddenly the war ended in defeat and all-embracing darkness descended and pervaded all four corners of the globe, wiping out the sadness and shyness that was in her eyes.

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  • Author David Kenyon Webster
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    Was there any meaning to life or to war, that two men should sit together and jump within seconds of each other and yet never meet on the ground below?

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