Erich Maria RemarqueBombardment, barrage, curtain-fire, mines, gas, tanks, machine-guns, hand-grenades - words, words, but they hold the horror of the world.
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If you could see the world through the eyes of a soldier who has experienced all these things, you would understand exactly what he is saying. It is like a war movie. The horror of the world is not in what happens to people, but in what happens to them before they are torn apart; it is in the anticipation.
Source: All Quiet On The Western Front
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