Our knowledge of life is limited to death

The wisest were just the poor and simple people. They knew the war to be a misfortune, whereas those who were better off, and should have been able to see more clearly what the consequences would be, were beside themselves with joy.

We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces.

The things men did or felt they had to do.

We have lost all sense of other considerations, because they are artificial. Only the facts are real and important to us. And good boots are hard to come by." - All Quiet On The Western Front, Ch. 2

The coffin, it shall protect me, though Death himself lies in it

Courage is the fairest adornment of youth.