Anthony DoerrWar is a bazaar where lives are traded like any other commodity: chocolate or bullets or parachute silk.
About This Quote
War is a bazaar where lives are traded like any other commodity. It is no different than the chocolate or bullets or parachute silk that are traded in the market place. There are winners and losers in all of these things. The difference is that in war, the price for winning is high.
Source: All The Light We Cannot See
Some Similar Quotes
- There was a clatter as the basilisk fangs cascaded out of Hermione's arms. Running at Ron, she flung them around his neck and kissed him full on the mouth. Ron threw away the fangs and broomstick he was holding and responded with such enthusiasm that...
- They're in love. Fuck the war.
- If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: in love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.
- And when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.
- The words ‘I Love You’ kill, and resurrect millions, in less than a second.
More Quotes By Anthony Doerr
- When I lost my sight, Werner, people said I was brave. When my father left, people said I was brave. But it is not bravery; I have no choice. I wake up and live my life. Don't you do the same?
- I am only alive because I have not yet died.
- One night he sits up. In cots around him are a few dozen sick or wounded. A warm September wind pours across the countryside and sets the walls of the tent rippling. Werner’s head swivels lightly on his neck. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>The wind is strong...
- Time is a slippery thing: lose hold of it once, and its string might sail out of your hands forever.
- Here's what I mean by the miracle of language. When you're falling into a good book, exactly as you might fall into a dream, a little conduit opens, a passageway between a reader's heart and a writer's, a connection that transcends the barriers of continents...