Dumb Quote by Tim O'Brien

His heart, the war. Her face, the battlefield.

— Rick Yancey

And in the end, of course, a true war story is never about war. It's about sunlight. It's about the special way that dawn…

— Tim O'Brien

The war is definitely in the background, only referred to in radio news blips and conversation. I think, ultimately, this film is about the…

— Elijah Wood

I will not let her speak because I love her, and when you love someone, you do not make them tell war stories. A…

— Catherynne M. Valente

“But you’re not going to write it that way, are you.” This wasn’t a question. It was an accusation. “I—I don’t know,” I said.…

— Kurt Vonnegut

There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick and…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“They stared at each other. Every ocean, every river, every minute they had walked together was in their gaze. He said nothing and she…

— Paullina Simons

No one else noticed, or cared. It was just something they did. Taking other people’s livestock. Other people’s lives. She watched the soldiers, hating…

— Paolo Bacigalupi

“for she could never long endure any conversation of which she was not the chief subject. But she smiled when she spoke, consciously deepening…

— Margaret Mitchell

“In movies, war only looks romantic. “Tell my gal I love her…” close-up shot, and fade out. It doesn’t work as beautifully and neat…

— M.B. Dallocchio

“So you don’t fancy meeting up again?’ Max persisted, though Neve didn’t know why, because she thought she’d made her position perfectly clear. ‘Swap…

— Sarra Manning

“What was war really like? What vast crack had buried Jeff down in the mud, had sent Andy off with cattle? What had changed…

— Jackie French