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

Someone said to me once that a cigarette at the right moment is better than all the ideals in the world.

I am often on guard over the Russians. In the darkness one sees their forms move like stick storks, like great birds. They come close up to the wire fence and lean their faces against it. Their fingers hook round the mesh.

My rage outweighs my shame, as always happens when one is really ashamed and knows he ought to be.

Give 'em all the same grub and all the same pay/And the war would be over and done in a day." - All Quiet On The Western Front, Ch. 3

The things men did or felt they had to do.

No matter how improbable an assertion is, if it is made with enough assurance it has an affect.