10,941 Quotes About War

War is like night, she said. It covers everything.

I’m back. I’m still here. I never left.

Afghanistan changed him, but Iraq sculpted him.

In war, the damage you inflict on the enemy might be immediately apparent. The damage you inflict on yourself in doing so will only become apparent later.

I asked God "Why, why, why?" I turned my face away and wished that I were imagining it all. I had tasted the bitterest essence of war, the sight of helpless comrades being slaughtered, and it filled me with disgust.

You've been so used to fighting Wars with a gun in your hand that you forget to put it down. Not every fight requires a weapon of some kind, and not everything is a fight.

يبدو أن الحب مثل الحرب ، يمنحنا الكثير ، و يسرق منا خلسة، أكثر مما يمنحنا .الحرب تسرق العُمر دفعة واحدة و الحب يقسطها حتى يسهُل عليه بلعها .

They could be gone for years, healed over and laid to rest, and then out of nowhere the gun smoke stung my eyes, the wet jungle invaded my nose, and I had to bury them all over again. You could leave a war, but it never left you.

We thought we'd seen it all. The real horror of war is always waiting for you at home. It's waiting, I tell you. We were so damned happy when we got back. We'd made it. We survived. But it's always waiting. Waiting. You let down your guard. And there it is. You can't ever let up. Give up.