I wandered through the streets thinking of all the things I might have said and might have done had I been other than I was.
Erich Maria RemarqueIt was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.
Erich Maria RemarqueWe 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
Erich Maria RemarqueThe idea of authority, which they represented, was associated in our minds with a greater insight and a more humane wisdom.
Erich Maria Remarque