quotes by Paul Fussell

"i find nothing more depressing than optimism."
— Paul Fussell

"Every war is ironic because every war is worse than expected. Every war constitutes an irony of situation because its means are so melodramatically disproportionate to its presumed ends."
— Paul Fussell (The Great War and Modern Memory)

"Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles."
— Paul Fussell (Class: A Guide Through the American Status System)

"The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower your class.
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— Paul Fussell