I had often thought that if I managed to live through the war I wouldn't expect too much of life. How could one resent disappointment in love if life itself was continuously in doubt? Since Belgorod, terror had overturned all my preconceptions, and the pace of life had been so intense one no longer knew what elements of ordinary life to abandon in order to maintain some semblance of balance. I was still unresigned to the idea of death, but I had already sworn to myself during moments of intense fear that I would exchange anything - fortune, love, even a limb - if I could simply survive. Guy Sajer
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Before the war, life was rather predictable. I had my job, my family, and my friends. Life didn't seem to be all that bad. However, during World War II, I found myself living in fear on a daily basis.

I was afraid that I wouldn't make it out of the war alive. I was afraid of ending up in a Nazi concentration camp. I was afraid of getting killed by a sniper.

These fears were so strong that I wondered if they were real or just part of life's unpredictability or if there really was something after death or if there was no god at all.

Source: The Forgotten Soldier

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