Chill Quote by Jan Peter Balkenende

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

Memories were short and history unkind. It was the way of the world.

— Deborah Harkness

Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain.

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

Most things are forgotten over time. Even the war itself, the life-and-death struggle people went through is now like something from the distant past.…

— Haruki Murakami

“Ironically, the memory of the women heroes of World War I was largely eclipsed by the very women they had inspired. The more blatant…

— Kathryn J. Atwood

Our long memories hold the stories of what our people accomplished, but they also hold the prejudices, the injustices, the harm that we've received…

— Beto O'Rourke

“To those who fought World War II, it was plain enough that Allied bombs were killing huge numbers of German civilians, that Churchill was…

— Adam Kirsch

“A clear look back on the Cold War's battlegrounds, along with a sense of relief that the world survived forty-five years of confrontation, evokes…

— Anonymous

The enduring realization that when a great challenge comes, the most ordinary people can show that they value something more than they value their…

— Bruce Catton

One has personally to come under the shadow of war to feel fully its oppression; but as the years go by it seems now…

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Every country has its own perspective on the Second World War. This is not surprising when experiences and memories are so different.

— Antony Beevor

“One extraordinary thing happened as a result of the fear caused by your people, and that was that old feuds and envies disappeared. Those…

— Graciela Limón