7 quotes
"Why must there be war?" "Oh Lavinia, what a woman's question that is! Because men are men."
Lavinia (2008)
After hard fighting, when six or seven men had been wounded or killed, the war chiefs on both sides would simultaneously declare a victory.
Changing Planes (2003)
Injustice makes the rules, and courage breaks them.
Tales from Earthsea (2001)
If civilization has an opposite, it is war.
The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
Little generals and painted gods raise armies to waste lives and goods and spoil the sacred earth.
Men who fight wars in Winter don’t live till Spring.
Planet of Exile (1966)
No, I don’t mean love, when I say patriotism. I mean fear. The fear of the other. And its expressions are political, not poetical: hate, rivalry, aggression. It grows in us, that fear. It grows in us year by year.
The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)