David GemmellHow many hopes and dreams are trapped within these bones? How many wonders lie never to be discovered? This is what war is. Desolation, despair and loss. There are no victors.
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In the quote from the book, “Gone with the Wind,” Rhett Butler is telling Scarlett O’Hara that war is none of those things. There are no victors in war. In fact, there are no winners at all. Instead, war is a time when people lose everything, including their homes and their lives.
At best, people can survive by hiding or by running. If they choose to run, however, they will be hunted down and killed without mercy.
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