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William March Quotes

1893–1954 United States

William March (18 September 1893 – 15 May 1954), born William Edward Campbell, was an American soldier and author, most famous for his novels The Bad Seed and Company K. His innovative writing style is characterized by a deep compassion and understanding of suffering.

United States
Novelists
Short story writers

Also known as: March, William

Random William March quote

8 quotes

To me it has always seemed that God is so sickened with men, and their unending cruelty to each other, that he covers the places where they have been as quickly as possible.

Company K (1933)

If the common soldiers of each army could just get together by a river bank and talk things over calmly, no war could possibly last as long as a week.

Company K (1933)

The time comes in the life of each of us when we realize that death awaits us as it awaits others, that we will receive at the end neither preference nor exemption.

Everybody must seem crazy if you see deep enough into their minds.

The Looking-Glass (1943)

I have never ceased to wonder at the thing we call human nature, with its times of beauty and its times of filthiness, or at the level of calm stupidity that lies in between the two.

Company K (1933)

In the sight of my beloved, I am like iron that the smith has heated at his furnace: iron whose surface gives heat. I am a bar that is rigid and will not bend.

The Tallons (1936)

...man...is a frail, lost creature, too weak to walk unaided.

This Heavy Load (1931)

All we know is that life is sweet and that it does not last long. Why should people be envious of each other? Why do we hate each other? Why can't we live at peace in a world that is so beautiful and so wide?

Company K (1933)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William March (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.