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A hospital alone shows what war is.

~Erich Maria Remarque

Topics: Alone Hospital Shows War

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I am often on guard over the Russians. In the darkness one sees their forms move like stick storks, like great birds. They come close up to the wire fence and lean their faces against it. Their fingers hook round the mesh.

~Erich Maria Remarque

Topics: Against Am Birds Close Come Darkness Faces Fence Fingers Forms Great Guard Hook Lean Like Move Often Over Round Russians Sees Stick Up Wire I Am

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They are more human and more brotherly towards one another, it seems to me, than we are. But perhaps that is merely because they feel themselves to be more unfortunate than us.

~Erich Maria Remarque

Topics: Another Because Feel Human Me Merely More Perhaps Seems Than Themselves Towards Unfortunate Us

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We want to live at any price; so we cannot burden ourselves with feelings which, though they might be ornamental enough in peace-time, would be out of place here.

~Erich Maria Remarque

Topics: Any Burden Cannot Enough Feelings Here Live Might Ourselves Out Place Price Though Want We Cannot Which Would

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Anyway the war is over so far as they are concerned. But to wait for dysentery is not much of a life either.

~Erich Maria Remarque

Topics: Anyway Concerned Either Far Life Much Over Wait War

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On the steps is a machine-gun ready for action. The square is empty; only the streets that lead into it are jammed with people. It would be madness to go farther - the machine-gun is covering the square.

~Erich Maria Remarque

Topics: Action Covering Empty Farther Go Lead Machine-Gun Madness Only People Ready Square Steps Streets Would

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The crowd, still shouting, gives way before us. We plough our way through. Women hold their aprons over their faces and go stumbling away. A roar of fury goes up. A wounded man is being carried off.

~Erich Maria Remarque

Topics: Away Before Being Carried Crowd Faces Fury Gives Go Goes Hold Man Off Our Over Plough Roar Shouting Still Stumbling Through Up Us Way Women Wounded

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The later it gets the more disturbed the city becomes. I go with Albert through the streets. Men are standing in groups at every corner. Rumours are flying. It is said that the military have already fired on a procession of demonstrating workers.

~Erich Maria Remarque

Topics: Albert Becomes City Corner Demonstrating Disturbed Every Fired Flying Gets Go Groups Later Men Military More Rumours Said Standing Streets Through Workers

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Any non-commissioned officer is more of an enemy to a recruit, any schoolmaster to a pupil, then they are if they were free.

~Erich Maria Remarque

Topics: Any Enemy Free More Officer Pupil Recruit Then Were

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Writer

Born: June 22nd, 1898

Died: September 25th, 1970

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