David Howarth > Quotes

“...But he had great faith in the idea that if you are ready to give up everything to the solution of any problem, you will always find an answer.”
― David Howarth, We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance

“If I live, you will live, and if they kill you I will have died to protect you.”
― David Howarth, We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance

“...though wars can still bring adventures which can stir the heart, their true nature is of innumerable personal tragedies, of grief, waste and sacrifice, wholly evil and not redeemed by glory.”
― David Howarth, The Shetland Bus: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and Adventure

“Usually, this universal struggle and competition is silent and polite, and it sis so wholly accepted that one forgets that it is selfish; but it has the seeds in it of jealousy and covetousness and greed, and thence of crime.”
― David Howarth, The Sledge Patrol: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival and Victory

“During the days that followed, between the bouts of pain, he began to come to terms with the idea of living as a cripple. At first he dwelt morbidly on all the active pursuits which he would lose, but by and by he began to look forward to the simple pleasures he would still be able to enjoy.”
― David Howarth, We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance

“In a person of strong character, hope for the future remains separate long after the past and present are confused.”
― David Howarth, We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance

“...Sergerant Olsen had a misunderstanding with a revolver and shot himself through the palm of his hand, so that he was out of action for some time.”
― David Howarth, The Shetland Bus: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and Adventure

“He always behaved like one who has been deprived of love.”
― David Howarth

“old truth that a man may never compromise with evil.”
― David Howarth, The Sledge Patrol: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival and Victory

“...Sergeant Olsen had a misunderstanding with a revolver and shot himself through the palm of his hand, so that he was out of action for some time.”
― David Howarth, The Shetland Bus: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and Adventure

“It had all been a storm in a teacup.”
― David Howarth

“The fact is that in the arctic men have a higher standard of morality than they have in civilised surroundings.”
― David Howarth, The Sledge Patrol: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival and Victory

“It goes without
saying that any man may look for help and kindness and generosity from any other.”
― David Howarth, The Sledge Patrol: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival and Victory