All Paul Fussell Quotes
- Before the development of tourism, travel was conceived to be like study, and it's fruits were considered to be the adornment of the mind and… Adornment
- And the ideal travel writer is consumed not just with a will to know. He is also moved by a powerful will to teach. Consumed
- The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower the class. Body
- Wars damage the civilian society as much as they damage the enemy. Soldiers never get over it. Civilian
- Today the Somme is a peaceful but sullen place, unforgetting and unforgiving. ... To wander now over the fields destined to extrude their rusty metal… Air
- Chickenshit can be recognized instantly because it never has anything to do with winning the war. Chickenshit
- So many bright futures consigned to the ashes of the past.So many dreams lost in the madness that had engulfed us.Except for a few widely… Abyss
- Irony is the attendant of hope and the fuel of hope is innocence. Attendant
- Chickenshit refers to behavior that makes military life worse than it need be: petty harassment of the weak by the strong; open scrimmage for power… Authority
- Those who fought know a secret about themselves, and it is not very nice. Fought
- The worst thing about war was the sitting around and wondering what you were doing morally. Morally
- Travel sharpens the senses. Abroad one feels, sees and hears things in an abnormal way. Abnormal
- Anyone telling about his travels must be a liar, . . . for if a traveler doesn't visit his narrative with the spirit and techniques… Anyone
- If the guidebook used to be critical, today it seems largely a celebratory adjunct to the publicity operations of hotels, resorts, and even countries. Adjunct
- To get home you had to end the war. To end the war was the reason you fought it. The only reason. End
- I am working on a book urging the beating to death of baby whales using the dead bodies of baby seals. Baby
- All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel All
- Travel at its truest is thus an ironic experience. Experience
- The wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time. All
- Those who fought know a secret about themselves, and it is not very nice. They have experienced secretly and privately their natural human impulse towards… Behind
- Most people who seek attention and regard by announcing that they're writing a novel are actually so devoid of narrative talent that they can't hold… Announcing
- Things without defense: insects, kittens, small boys. Boys
- There is no Apocalypse. Apocalypse
- If the term discussion has always seemed to me to imply mild warnings of wasted time, workshop sets off a clangorous alarm. Alarm
- The past is not the present: pretending it is corrupts art and thus both rots the mind and shrivels the imagination and conscience. Art