--- title: "19 Read War Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 19 Read War quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Read War sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/joni-mitchell-1160_activism_all-the-news-of-home-you-read-more-about_1951003.png" --- > [All the news of home you read, more about the war and of bloody changes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/all-the-news-of-home-you-read-more-about-the-war-and-of-bloody-changes/) [Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/joni-mitchell-1160_activism_all-the-news-of-home-you-read-more-about_1951003.png) > [I took the speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It's about Russia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woody-allen/i-took-the-speed-reading-course-and-read-war-and-peace-in-twenty/) [Woody Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woody-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/woody-allen-176_books_i-took-the-speed-reading-course-and-read_3194953.jpg) > [I do not think anyone can read War and Peace too much. I read it six times...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxwell-perkins/i-do-not-think-anyone-can-read-war-and-peace-too-much-i-read-it-six/) [Maxwell Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxwell-perkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/758/maxwell-perkins-27736_book_i-do-not-think-anyone-can-read-war-and-p_1796894.jpg) > [I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woody-allen/i-took-a-speed-reading-course-and-read-war-and-peace-in-twenty/) [Woody Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woody-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f97/woody-allen-176_books_i-took-a-speed-reading-course-and-read-w_688601.jpg) > [I first read War And Peace about 100 years after Tolstoy wrote it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-schama/i-first-read-war-and-peace-about-100-years-after-tolstoy-wrote-it/) [Simon Schama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-schama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/902/simon-schama-4492_100-years_i-first-read-war-and-peace-about-100-yea_1373522.png) > [I fear that we read of war, like women gossip, to enjoy the bitter misery of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-peters/i-fear-that-we-read-of-war-like-women-gossip-to-enjoy-the-bitter/) [Ralph Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-peters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6aa/ralph-peters-19697_bitter_i-fear-that-we-read-of-war-like-women-go_2451417.png) > [If I wanted to be bored by 6,000 pages of unreadable dreck, I'd read War and Peace four times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-black/if-i-wanted-to-be-bored-by-6-000-pages-of-unreadable-dreck-i-d-read/) [Lewis Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f76/lewis-black-1143_bored_if-i-wanted-to-be-bored-by-6-000-pages-o_929163.png) > [I have to admit that I only read 'War and Peace' when I was 40. But I knew the basics before then.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-have-to-admit-that-i-only-read-war-and-peace-when-i-was-40-but-i/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1d/umberto-eco-313_admit_i-have-to-admit-that-i-only-read-war-and_1387048.jpg) > [Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/americans-will-listen-but-they-do-not-care-to-read-war-and-peace-must/) [Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/482/anthony-burgess-1167_care_americans-will-listen-but-they-do-not-ca_978110.jpg) > [You read in any war stories - World War II, whatever - that there are many, many heroes. There are the main…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-filoni/you-read-in-any-war-stories-world-war-ii-whatever-that-there-are-many/) [Dave Filoni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-filoni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/405/dave-filoni-15680_books_you-read-in-any-war-stories-world-war-ii_2182409.jpg) > [Boys and girls, And women, that would groan to see a child Pull off an insect's leg, all read of war, The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-taylor-coleridge/boys-and-girls-and-women-that-would-groan-to-see-a-child-pull-off-an/) [Samuel Taylor Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-taylor-coleridge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94c/samuel-taylor-coleridge-425_amusement_boys-and-girls-and-women-that-would-groa_1743845.jpg) > [At the age of 9, I read David Copperfield by Dickens. At 14, I read War and Peace by Tolstoy. They're both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-berge/at-the-age-of-9-i-read-david-copperfield-by-dickens-at-14-i-read-war/) [Pierre Berge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-berge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f1/pierre-berge-21444_age_at-the-age-of-9-i-read-david-copperfield_1963152.jpg) > [At present, I am a poet trying to be a soldier. To tell the truth, I am not interested in writing nowadays,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-kilmer/at-present-i-am-a-poet-trying-to-be-a-soldier-to-tell-the-truth-i-am/) [Joyce Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-kilmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/joyce-kilmer-25268_beautiful_at-present-i-am-a-poet-trying-to-be-a-so_1310362.jpg) > [I don't really have a bucket list, but if I did, one entry would be to dust off my college Russian and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-larson/i-don-t-really-have-a-bucket-list-but-if-i-did-one-entry-would-be-to/) [Erik Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-larson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c5/erik-larson-1710_bucket-list_i-don-t-really-have-a-bucket-list-but-if_596644.jpg) > [I think people used to read 'War and Peace,' and now they don't; now they sit around with their tablets and watch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-hawley/i-think-people-used-to-read-war-and-peace-and-now-they-don-t-now-they/) [Noah Hawley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-hawley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91f/noah-hawley-3673_bad_i-think-people-used-to-read-war-and-peac_803037.jpg) > [I'm not terribly well read. My wife forces books into my hands and insists I read them, which I'm grateful to her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/i-m-not-terribly-well-read-my-wife-forces-books-into-my-hands-and/) [Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/peter-capaldi-2535_amazing_i-m-not-terribly-well-read-my-wife-force_2008568.jpg) > [“Too many people learn about war with no inconvenience to themselves. They read about Verdun or Stalingrad without comprehension, sitting in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-sajer/too-many-people-learn-about-war-with-no-inconvenience-to-themselves/) [Guy Sajer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-sajer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/guy-sajer-31280_next-day_too-many-people-learn-about-war-with-no_3209018.jpg) > [“To My Children, I'm dedicating my little story to you; doubtless you will be among the very few who will ever read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-serling/to-my-children-i-m-dedicating-my-little-story-to-you-doubtless-you/) [Rod Serling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-serling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b42/rod-serling-2652_children_to-my-children-i-m-dedicating-my-little_482142.png) > [“If publishers are here, I've got a feeling they will agree with whatever I say because the publishing houses are packed full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-lessing/if-publishers-are-here-i-ve-got-a-feeling-they-will-agree-with/) [Doris Lessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-lessing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/doris-lessing-501_books_if-publishers-are-here-i-ve-got-a-feelin_2761953.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/read-war/#itemlist", "name": "Read War Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All the news of home you read, more about the war and of bloody changes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joni Mitchell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/all-the-news-of-home-you-read-more-about-the-war-and-of-bloody-changes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/joni-mitchell-1160_activism_all-the-news-of-home-you-read-more-about_1951003.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/joni-mitchell-1160_activism_all-the-news-of-home-you-read-more-about_1951003.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/joni-mitchell-1160_activism_all-the-news-of-home-you-read-more-about_1951003.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All the news of home you read, more about the war and of bloody changes.” — Joni Mitchell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I took the speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. 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They're both…” — Pierre Berge", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "At present, I am a poet trying to be a soldier. To tell the truth, I am not interested in writing nowadays, except in so far as writing is the expression of something beautiful ... The only sort of book I care to write about the war is the sort people will read after the war is over - a century after it is over.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joyce Kilmer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-kilmer/at-present-i-am-a-poet-trying-to-be-a-soldier-to-tell-the-truth-i-am/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/joyce-kilmer-25268_beautiful_at-present-i-am-a-poet-trying-to-be-a-so_1310362.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/joyce-kilmer-25268_beautiful_at-present-i-am-a-poet-trying-to-be-a-so_1310362.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/joyce-kilmer-25268_beautiful_at-present-i-am-a-poet-trying-to-be-a-so_1310362.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“At present, I am a poet trying to be a soldier. 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My wife forces books into my hands and insists I read them, which I'm grateful to her for. She made me read 'War and Peace.' The whole thing. It was amazing, but I had to hide it. You can't walk round reading 'War and Peace' - it's like you're in a comedy sketch and you think you're smart.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Capaldi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/i-m-not-terribly-well-read-my-wife-forces-books-into-my-hands-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/peter-capaldi-2535_amazing_i-m-not-terribly-well-read-my-wife-force_2008568.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/peter-capaldi-2535_amazing_i-m-not-terribly-well-read-my-wife-force_2008568.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/peter-capaldi-2535_amazing_i-m-not-terribly-well-read-my-wife-force_2008568.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm not terribly well read. 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Nothing is really serious in the tranquility of peace; only an idiot could be really disturbed by a question of salary. One should read about war standing up, late at night, when one is tired, as I am writing about it now, at dawn, while my asthma attack wears off. And even now, in my sleepless exhaustion, how gentle and easy peace seems!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Guy Sajer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-sajer/too-many-people-learn-about-war-with-no-inconvenience-to-themselves/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/guy-sajer-31280_next-day_too-many-people-learn-about-war-with-no_3209018.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/guy-sajer-31280_next-day_too-many-people-learn-about-war-with-no_3209018.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/guy-sajer-31280_next-day_too-many-people-learn-about-war-with-no_3209018.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Too many people learn about war with no inconvenience to themselves. They read about Verdun or Stalingrad…” — Guy Sajer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“To My Children, I'm dedicating my little story to you; doubtless you will be among the very few who will ever read it. It seems war stories aren't very well received at this point. I'm told they're out-dated, untimely and as might be expected - make some unpleasant reading. And, as you have no doubt already perceived, human beings don't like to remember unpleasant things. They gird themselves with the armor of wishful thinking, protect themselves with a shield of impenetrable optimism, and, with a few exceptions, seem to accomplish their \"forgetting\" quite admirably. But you, my children, I don't want you to be among those who choose to forget. I want you to read my stories and a lot of others like them. I want you to fill your heads with Remarque and Tolstoy and Ernie Pyle. I want you to know what shrapnel, and \"88's\" and mortar shells and mustard gas mean. I want you to feel, no matter how vicariously, a semblance of the feeling of a torn limb, a burnt patch of flesh, the crippling, numbing sensation of fear, the hopeless emptiness of fatigue. All these things are complimentary to the province of War and they should be taught and demonstrated in classrooms along with the more heroic aspects of uniforms, and flags, and honor and patriotism. I have no idea what your generation will be like. In mine we were to enjoy \"Peace in our time\". A very well meaning gentleman waved his umbrella and shouted those very words...less than a year before the whole world went to war. But this gentleman was suffering the worldly disease of insufferable optimism. He and his fellow humans kept polishing the rose colored glasses when actually they should have taken them off. They were sacrificing reason and reality for a brief and temporal peace of mind, the same peace of mind that many of my contemporaries derive by steadfastly refraining from remembering the War that came before. 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There is a phenomenon which I call the Educated Barbarian. This is someone who could have been in school or university for many years, could have won prizes by the score, and at the end has read nothing, knows no history, and above all is totally incurious. Quite a large number of my young friends are like this. They're all utterly delightful. We have a wonderful time together. We gossip, we go shopping. We chat about our friends, but at the slightest mention of anything literary their eyes glaze over. Looking back at my misspent youth, I can remember people who were not particularly literary. They were not even very educated, but they would take for granted that they should have read War and Peace. They did not say, \"Oh this is so difficult. Oh this is too long and I don't understand the long words.\" They just read it. That's what people were like then.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Doris Lessing" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-lessing/if-publishers-are-here-i-ve-got-a-feeling-they-will-agree-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/doris-lessing-501_books_if-publishers-are-here-i-ve-got-a-feelin_2761953.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/doris-lessing-501_books_if-publishers-are-here-i-ve-got-a-feelin_2761953.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/doris-lessing-501_books_if-publishers-are-here-i-ve-got-a-feelin_2761953.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If publishers are here, I've got a feeling they will agree with whatever I say because the publishing houses…” — Doris Lessing", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/read-war/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/read-war/", "name": "Read War Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/read-war/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/joni-mitchell-1160_activism_all-the-news-of-home-you-read-more-about_1951003.png" }, "description": "Browse 19 Read War quotes by 18 authors. 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