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> [It could be said that all armed conflicts are a ludicrous and shameful waste of lives, but World War I has a special place in the history of futility - a war without clear purpose, a war whose resolution would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-spencer/it-could-be-said-that-all-armed-conflicts-are-a-ludicrous-and/)

[Scott Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-spencer/)

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## More by Scott Spencer

> [You're all I care about," I said. "No. And me. The person I am when I'm with you, the way I see myself and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-spencer/you-re-all-i-care-about-i-said-no-and-me-the-person-i-am-when-i-m/)

[Scott Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-spencer/)

> [Writers are stewards of the culture. Publishers, librarians, bookstore owners. We're all in this together. To write books that are gripping, important, that people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-spencer/writers-are-stewards-of-the-culture-publishers-librarians-bookstore/)

[Scott Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-spencer/)

> [“Daniel's mind is a scorpion stinging itself to death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-spencer/daniel-s-mind-is-a-scorpion-stinging-itself-to-death/)

[Scott Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-spencer/)

> [The trouble with excuses, however, is that they become inevitably difficult to believe after they’ve been used a couple of times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-spencer/the-trouble-with-excuses-however-is-that-they-become-inevitably/)

[Scott Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-spencer/)

> [“I never think of the life I'll miss after I'm dead, or all that I missed before I was born. It's the time I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-spencer/i-never-think-of-the-life-i-ll-miss-after-i-m-dead-or-all-that-i/)

[Scott Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-spencer/)

> [All I wanted was what I'd already had. That exultation, that love. It was my one real home; I was a visitor everywhere else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-spencer/all-i-wanted-was-what-i-d-already-had-that-exultation-that-love-it/)

[Scott Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-spencer/)

> [“It was the first time I had heard the truth of what happened that afternoon said in a voice that was not my own.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-spencer/it-was-the-first-time-i-had-heard-the-truth-of-what-happened-that/)

[Scott Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-spencer/)

> [A novelist is someone who sits around the house all day in his underwear, trying not to smoke.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-spencer/a-novelist-is-someone-who-sits-around-the-house-all-day-in-his/)

[Scott Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-spencer/)

> [“On a ship that's made of paper, I would sail the seven seas. (Just to be with you.)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-spencer/on-a-ship-that-s-made-of-paper-i-would-sail-the-seven-seas-just-to-be/)

[Scott Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-spencer/)

> [Contempt is a dangerous emotion, luring us into believing that we understand more than we do. Contempt causes us to jeer rather than speak,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-spencer/contempt-is-a-dangerous-emotion-luring-us-into-believing-that-we/)

[Scott Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-spencer/)

> [“If endless love was a dream, then it was a dream we all shared, even more that we all shared the dream of never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-spencer/if-endless-love-was-a-dream-then-it-was-a-dream-we-all-shared-even/)

[Scott Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-spencer/)

> [“Love gives us a heightened consciousness through which to apprehend the world, but anger gives us a precise, detached perception of its own.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-spencer/love-gives-us-a-heightened-consciousness-through-which-to-apprehend/)

[Scott Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-spencer/)

> [“I don’t want to say it, I truly don’t, but if you’ve gone this far I suppose it’s obvious that what was ignited when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-spencer/i-don-t-want-to-say-it-i-truly-don-t-but-if-you-ve-gone-this-far-i/)

[Scott Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-spencer/)

> [“He welcomes the chance to do fatherly things with the little girl, and those ten morning minutes with dear little four-year-old Ruby, with her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-spencer/he-welcomes-the-chance-to-do-fatherly-things-with-the-little-girl-and/)

[Scott Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-spencer/)

> [“It was only vanity and discouragement that sometimes made me feel alone with my endless love, but now that I was taking one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-spencer/it-was-only-vanity-and-discouragement-that-sometimes-made-me-feel/)

[Scott Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-spencer/)

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