Civil war Quote by Margarita Engle

“War takes so many more casualties than just the dead.”

— Katherine L. Walker

“War is catastrophe. It breaks families in irretrievable pieces. But those who are gone are not necessarily lost.”

— Ruta Sepetys

“She was a poor person, I was her poor child, and no one asks poor people if they want war.”

— Viet Thanh Nguyen

“Some wars are unavoidable and need well be fought, but this doesn't erase warfare's waste. Sorry, we must say to the mothers whose son's…

— Anthony Swofford

“The fewer people go to war, the fewer the casualties. It’s not a good sight. Soon enough you’ll see.”

— James Farner

“War does not only kill men. Sometimes it quietly takes away their future children.”

— Angelika Regossi

“What a splendid little war!”

— John Hayes

“Every war is more or less a woman's war.”

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

“War is like peace, only much more so.”

— Jon Sumida

“That's the attractive thing about war. Absolutely everything gets a little something”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Our entire lives are wars, our very breaths little fights with our fears and ambitions.”

— David James

“In every battle, there is a death. The loser may laugh it off if the war is short and sweet and without cost. Or…

— Yasmine Galenorn