Folks Quote by Erich Maria Remarque

“Yes, that's the way they think, these hundred thousand Kantoreks! Iron Youth! Youth! We are none of us more than twenty years old. But young? That is long ago. We are old folk.” quote by Erich Maria Remarque — Download Open image

“Yes, that's the way they think, these hundred thousand Kantoreks! Iron Youth! Youth! We are none of us more than twenty years old. But young? That is long ago. We are old folk.”

Erich Maria Remarque

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