“More talk of love would lead to the difficulties surrounding...Oh, God, he loved her, he did, she did, they did, it was. It was.” — Louisa Young Copy Share Image
“Last year we had many smallish hopes, made many smallish attempts, suffered many smallish failures, and we died one by one. This year a… — Louisa Young Copy Share Image
“More talk of love would lead to the difficulties surrounding...Oh, God, he loved her, he did, she did, they did, it was. It was.” — Louisa Young Copy Share Image
“He's a man, she thought, and the very word gave her s frisson, a lurch inside.” — Louisa Young Copy Share Image
“He was astounded, sometimes, by the fluid articulacy of his own fury.” — Louisa Young Copy Share Image
“Length of service: one year or duration of war. Duration of war, of course. He didn't want to spend a whole year in the… — Louisa Young Copy Share Image
“They were completely happy. They couldn't stop smiling at each other, beaming like fools till their cheeks ached.” — Louisa Young Copy Share Image
“Courage for the big troubles in life, lad' he'd say, 'and patience for the small. Be of good cheer. God is awake.” — Louisa Young Copy Share Image
“... what he could or couldn’t say to them. Everything he had to say: I love you, it’s hell, I walk on corpses and… — Louisa Young Copy Share Image
“Look how beautiful the green lawns of the park are in the misty evening light, unmuddied, smooth, alive, no holes, no bodies, no barbed… — Louisa Young Copy Share Image
“Papa," she said easily, happily, walking across the park with him to the Albert Hall. "What is it like to be in love?" "Oh,… — Louisa Young Copy Share Image
