10,941 Quotes About War

But then the war didn't always harden you on the outside. The desert did that. The war crisped you up within.

War happens for only one reason: we cannot see past our own death.

Jacob couldn't really hear the sound of the other landships over the humming and cranking of his own. He heard the whistle of steam coming from the pipes and the latching of the iron tracks as they clicked into place. He heard gears adjusting, the rhythm of the pumps, the revving of the engine, and the fuming of the furnace. He also heard Andil’s heavy breathing, and he heard his own heart’s heavy beating.

Wars do not end wars any more than an extraordinarily large conflagration does away with the fire hazard.

A war is coming and when it does, I will not stand by and watch history repeat itself.

Commando Group Sphinx refused to provide information about their dead soldier. They were a secretive group. Also, they did not keep in regular contact with their roving desert warriors.

If you want to love ​ Do so ​ To the ends of the earth​ With no shortcuts ​ Do so​ As the crow flies.​ Veronique Tadjo, As the crow flies​

War always takes it upon itself, unsolicited, to find us an enemy. I wanted to remain neutral, but I couldn't. I was born with this story. It ran in my blood. I belonged to it.

And how many Daeva children died when your people invaded? Far more than the Geziri children who will be lost tonight."Muntadhir stared at him in shock. "Do you hear yourself? What sort of man plots that calculus?" Hate filled his gray eyes. "God, I hope it's her in the end. I hope Nahri puts a goddamned knife through whatever passes for your heart.