Peacetime Quotes

“the heart is an organ of fire”
― Michael Ondaatje

“Soldiers in peacetime are superfluous: celebrated once a year for something they once were, avoided in the here and now for what they have become.”
― Margaret Atwood

“Jedi, understand this: There's nothing fucking worse than knowing that you're just like everybody else. What a messed-up, lousy existence. And in this great country of Japan - the birthplace of all my fancy ancestors - everyone, everyone wants to be like everybody else. That's why it is such a safe place to live, but it's also a dinosaur village. It's extinct, pal. Carve up your piece and invest your spoils elsewhere. You're a young man, and someone should tell you the real truth about this country. Japan is not fucked because it lost the war or did bad things. Japan is fucked because there is no more war, and in peacetime everyone actually wants to be mediocre and is terrified of being different. The other thing is that the elite Japanese want to be English and white. That's pathetic, delusional, and merits another discussion entirely.”
― Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

“In wartime people took action because of what they believed in. In peacetime people were driven by their private concerns.”
― Sara Sheridan, London Calling

“But while peace was a balm, it was also a stifle. When life was safe and comfortable, what cause would one have to look beyond the confines of the comfort zone?”
― Molly Collier, The Paragon