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A hospital alone shows what war is.

— Erich Maria Remarque All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)

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A word of command has made these silent figures our enemies; a word of command might transform them into our friends.

All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)

It is when one is alone that one begins to observe Nature and to love her.

All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)

We march up, moody or good-tempered soldiers — we reach the zone where the front begins and become on the instant human animals.

All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)

Mortality is man's invention; not in the logic of life.

Three Comrades (1936)

It is just as much a matter of chance that I am still alive as that I might have been hit.

All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)

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