Generation gap Quote by John Christopher

“Since history, war has always been the same. Old men talking, young men dying.”

— Kiana Davenport

“Could it have nothing to do with the soldier and everything to do with the type of war now being fought?”

— David Finkel

“But there were some wounds you could ask an old soldier about and others you had to wait for him to tell.”

— Brian McClellan

“The sanest judgment that can be passed on the genesis of this terrible war between two groups of friends is that it was the…

— James A. Michener

“She wanted to ask about his late wife and the mistress he kept in London, to inquire about his reason for going to war.…

— Sophie Barnes

“On occasions the war was like a Ping-Pong ball. You could put fancy spin on it, you could make it dance.”

— Tim O'Brien

“In a middle of a war a single doubt about what you are fighting for could mean death.”

— Kenneth de Guzman

“Even when the British took part in these wars, they fought on other people's territory or at sea.”

— Thomas Sowell

“It is but another war somewhere. Who knows what all this fighting to and fro is about? But so it has been since I…

— Pearl S. Buck

“I was going to ask your thoughts on the war, but if you’re too upset . .”

— Suzanne Collins

“I often thought about him during the war; if only 1900 were here, who knows what he'd do, what he'd say. 'Fuck war' he'd…

— Alessandro Baricco

“I thought the war was a simple matter, with one side good and the other evil. But the more I read, the less clear…

— Lemony Snicket