--- title: "8 War Says Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 War Says quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best War Says sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f9/patrick-ness-449_clipboards_if-you-ever-see-a-war-she-says-not-looki_106448.jpg" --- > [If you ever see a war," she says, not looking up from her clipboard, "you'll learn that war only destroys. No one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/if-you-ever-see-a-war-she-says-not-looking-up-from-her-clipboard-you/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f9/patrick-ness-449_clipboards_if-you-ever-see-a-war-she-says-not-looki_106448.jpg) > [“What did you see? She says. Reaches around to fondle him again. This time he lets her. She feels him harden. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lavie-tidhar/what-did-you-see-she-says-reaches-around-to-fondle-him-again-this/) [Lavie Tidhar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lavie-tidhar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e68/lavie-tidhar-16773_time_what-did-you-see-she-says-reaches-around_436221.jpg) > [Everyone hates war, everyone says.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/everyone-hates-war-everyone-says/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/andy-rooney-1253_hate_everyone-hates-war-everyone-says-1357082_1357082.png) > [First of all, Saddam did not win the war, even though he says he did, I mean, you know, that's a joke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-schwarzkopf/first-of-all-saddam-did-not-win-the-war-even-though-he-says-he-did-i/) [Norman Schwarzkopf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-schwarzkopf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/030/norman-schwarzkopf-6969_firsts_first-of-all-saddam-did-not-win-the-war_1466007.jpg) > [“Whoever wins society will win this war.”says Prince Mohammed bin Nayef”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lacey/whoever-wins-society-will-win-this-war-says-prince-mohammed-bin-nayef/) [Robert Lacey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lacey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/robert-lacey-19493_war_whoever-wins-society-will-win-this-war-s_1555811.jpg) > [“To be young and in love. Isn’t it remarkable that something like that can happen in the middle of a war? It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-t-sullivan/to-be-young-and-in-love-isn-t-it-remarkable-that-something-like-that/) [Mark T. Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-t-sullivan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f63/mark-t-sullivan-5366_life_to-be-young-and-in-love-isn-t-it-remarka_1556228.jpg) > [“She turns to me sharply. “To live \_is\_ to fight,” she snaps. “To preserve life is to fight \_everything\_ that man stands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/she-turns-to-me-sharply-to-live-is-to-fight-she-snaps-to-preserve/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/096/patrick-ness-449_life_she-turns-to-me-sharply-to-live-is-to-fi_2198578.jpg) > [“You know what she said? She says nobody gets a nervous breakdown just from the war and all. She says you probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/you-know-what-she-said-she-says-nobody-gets-a-nervous-breakdown-just/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/j-d-salinger-560_breakdown_you-know-what-she-said-she-says-nobody-g_2900521.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war-says/#itemlist", "name": "War Says Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you ever see a war,\" she says, not looking up from her clipboard, \"you'll learn that war only destroys. No one escapes from a war. No one. 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