Glances Quote by Barbara Holland

I grew up knowing only war, so for me, it was the way things were. It wasn't pleasant by any means.

— Julie Andrews

I was a happy child, just 9 years old, and I knew nothing about war.

— Phan Thi Kim Phuc

If we read history with an open mind, we cannot fail to conclude that, among all the military virtues, the energetic conduct of war…

— Carl von Clausewitz

War is a crucial, deeply ingrained part of human history. It has to be understood.

— Margaret MacMillan

That strange feeling we had inthe war. Have you found anything in your lives since toequal it in strength? A sort of splendid carelessness…

— Noël Coward

The war made me poignantly aware of the beauty of the world.

— J. R. R. Tolkien

War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records…

— Jane Goodall

The first time I experienced war, I thought the world was ending.

— Emmanuel Jal

World War II is the war that made our world. There's no question about that. The history of all the years in which I…

— Mark Helprin

In so many ways, World War II was one of the lowest lows imaginable, yet some of my most treasured memories come from that…

— Vera Lynn

European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities of the trenches. The…

— Virginia Postrel

War is a great destroyer. And human history has arrived at a pivotal moment. We can choose a path built on cooperation, where our…

— Judith Hand