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“Somebody" said Jacques, "your father or mine, should have told us that not many people have ever died of love. But multitudes have perished, and are perishing every hour--and in the oddest places!--for the lack of it.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“And will you bring me home again?" he asked.
"Yes, I'll bring you home again."
"Je t'aime, tu sais?"
"Je le sais, mon vieux.”
― Giovanni’s Room
"Yes, I'll bring you home again."
"Je t'aime, tu sais?"
"Je le sais, mon vieux.”
― Giovanni’s Room
“And then: 'Here comes your baby. Sois sage. Sois chic.' He moved slightly away and began talking to the boy next to him. And here my baby came indeed, through all that sunlight, his face flushed and his hair flying, his eyes, unbelievably, like morning stars.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“And with every step I took it became more impossible for me to turn back. And my mind was empty—or it was as though my mind had become one enormous, anaesthetized wound. I thought only, One day I'll weep for this. One of these days I'll start to cry.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“But now, for the first time, I see you are a man like me. I thought of your hand-grenades, of your bayonet, of your rifle; now I see your wife and your face and our fellowship. Forgive me, comrade. We always see it too late. Why do they never tell us that you are poor devils like us, that your mothers are just as anxious as ours, and that we have the same fear of death, and the same dying and the same agony--Forgive me, comrade; how could you be my enemy?”
― All Quiet on the Western Front
― All Quiet on the Western Front
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