“But the old man would not so, but slew his son, And half the seed of Europe, one by one.” — Wilfred Owen Copy Share Image
“Men were snoring, twitching and whimpering, struggling with nightmares less terrible than reality.” — Gabriel Chevallier Copy Share Image
“In short, the war got off to a pretty good start, with the help of chaos.” — Gabriel Chevallier Copy Share Image
I am now working on the second WWI story and find the challenge marvelous. — Anne Perry Copy Share Image
It had been a war of kingly poisons, in the air, in the memory, in the blood. — Sebastian Barry Copy Share Image
“They bright whiten all this sepulchre with powdered chloride of lime. It's a perfectly sanitary war.” — David Jones Copy Share Image
“As suddenly the whole world would slip back into a mollifying, untormented dark; their aching bodies knew its calm.” — David Jones Copy Share Image
“Its magnificence was indescribable, and its magnitude was inconceivable. She felt overwhelmed in the presence of its greatness. Pg 87” — Mona Rodriguez FORTY YEARS IN A DAY Copy Share Image
This was in the sense that if Dada was reacting to the morality and aesthetics of pre-WWI, then we were very much… — Stephen Mallinder Copy Share Image
I guess Madden had seen everything with out group, and everybody else had seen everything. (After coming to practice field riding a… — Ted Hendricks Copy Share Image
“Victorious troops are those who kill more, and here we were the victims. This put the finishing touch to our demoralisation. The… — Gabriel Chevallier Copy Share Image
“...and how is a man to know the habits of their God, whether He smites suddenly or withholds, if you mishandle the… — David Jones Copy Share Image
in this great war [WWI] ... they had, all of them, on all sides, lost their freedom. The freedom to think hopefully… — Jacqueline Winspear Copy Share Image
“If, as I have reason to believe, I have disintegrated the nucleus of the atom, this is of greater significance than the… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
“I had been astonished to find myself in the middle of the war yet not be able to find it, unable to… — Gabriel Chevallier Copy Share Image
...Senate Doc. # 259. The 65th congress(:)...The coal companies made between 100% and 7,856% on their capital stock during the war (to… — Smedley Butler Copy Share Image
“At the sight of the Neckar slopes wreathed with flowering cherry trees, I had a strong sense of having come home. What… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share Image
“During the conflict that was placed before them, they not only gained the gratitude of many in their own generation but they… — Kathryn J. Atwood Copy Share Image
“Certainly, blame for all this [turmoil in the Middle East] doesn't rest solely with the terrible decisions that were made at the… — Scott Anderson Copy Share Image
“... We had suddenly learned to see. And we saw that there was nothing of their world left. We were all at… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
“But how intolerable bright the morning is where we who are alive and remain, walk lifted up, carried forward by an effective… — David Jones Copy Share Image
“Only Nicky [Nicholas Romanov II], the Czar, was [Kaiser Wilhelm]'s friend, neither clever nor strong like himself, but at least malleable.” — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
“I keep such music in my brain No din this side of death can quell; Glory exulting over pain, And beauty, garlanded… — Siegfried Sassoon Copy Share Image
“The landscape had been so maimed by this new kind of warfare it was as if human architects of great genius had… — Christopher Buehlman Copy Share Image
![“in this great war [WWI] ... they had, all of them, on all sides, lost their freedom. The freedom to think hopefully of the future.” quote by Jacqueline Winspear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/jacqueline-winspear-9117_freedom_in-this-great-war-wwi-they-had-all-of-th_2638293.png)
![“If, as I have reason to believe, I have disintegrated the nucleus of the atom, this is of greater significance than the war. [ Apology to the international anti-submarine committee for being absent from several meetings during World War I .]” quote by Ernest Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/ernest-rutherford-13268_apology_if-as-i-have-reason-to-believe-i-have-di_2899367.png)
![“Certainly, blame for all this [turmoil in the Middle East] doesn't rest solely with the terrible decisions that were made at the end of World War I, but it was then that one particularly toxic seed was planted. Ever since, Arab society has tended to define itself less by what it aspires to become…” quote by Scott Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/scott-anderson-16892_arab-society_certainly-blame-for-all-this-turmoil-in_1597624.jpg)
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