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“I am young, I am twenty years of age; but I know nothing of life except despair, death, fear, and the combination of completely mindless superficiality with an abyss of suffering. I see people being driven against one another, and silently, uncomprehendingly, foolishly, obediently and innocently killing one another. I see the best brains in the world inventing weapons and words to make the whole process that much more sophisticated and long-lasting. And watching this with me are all my contemporaries, here and on the other side, all over the world- my whole generation is experiencing this with me. What would our fathers do if one day we rose up and confronted them, and called them to account?”
― Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

“Because one thing has become clear to me: you can cope with all the horror as long as you simply duck thinking about it – but it will kill you if you try to come to terms with it.”
― Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

“This sudden talk of marriage bewildered me, even shocked me I think. It was as though the King asked one. It did not ring true. And he went on eating his marmalade as though everything were natural. In books men knelt to women, and it would be moonlight. Not at breakfast, not like this.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

“The days roll by and every hour is incomprehensible and matter of fact at the same time.”
― Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front