Immersing oneself in the depths of classic literature often unveils profound insights into the human condition, offering a mirror through which we may reflect upon our own experiences and perspectives. "Quotes From All Quiet On The Western Front" serve as poignant reminders of the profound impact of war on individuals and societies, resonating with readers long after they have turned the final page. Through Remarque's eloquent prose, we are confronted with the brutal realities of warfare – the loss, the camaraderie, and the existential questioning that transcends the battlefield.
Quotes From All Quiet On The Western Front (2024)
Delve into the profound and stirring world of "Quotes from all quiet on the western front" with these impactful quotes that encapsulate the essence of war, humanity, and the human spirit:
"We are not youth any longer."
"He fell in October 1918."
"The soldier is on friendlier terms than other men."
"We are forlorn like children."
"I am very quiet."
"I am young, I am twenty years old."
"I want to feel the same powerful, nameless urge."
"He has fallen forward and I have fallen back."
"The war has ruined us for everything."
"We are half-destroyed."
"I see how peoples are set against one another."
"A word of command has made these silent figures our enemies."
"And that's the result of untrained enthusiasm."
"For us lads of eighteen they ought to have been mediators and guides."
"But now, for the first time, I see you are a man like me."
"In the hospital they will cut away sorrows and regrets, but they will not touch courage."
"We see men living with their skulls blown open."
"It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men."
"There were thousands of Kantoreks, all of whom were convinced that they were acting for the best."
"We were all at once terribly alone."
"The first bombardment showed us our mistake, and under it the world as they had taught it to us broke in pieces."
"Comrade, I did not want to kill you."
"I will remember your face always."
"It was only because I had been through so much myself that I could be so sorry for him."
"We loved our country as much as they; we went courageously into every action; but also we distinguished the false from true, we had suddenly learned to see."
"We have become wild beasts."
"I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life."
"This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it."
"But we were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through."
"We did not break down, but adapted ourselves; our twenty years, which made many another thing so grievous, helped us in this."
"I am so alone, and so without hope."
"They were supposed to be the ones who would help us to gain peace and victory."
"The first bomb, the first explosion, burst in our hearts."
"We are more than half destroyed."
"He fell in October 1918, on a day that was so quiet and still on the whole front, that the army report confined itself to the single sentence: All quiet on the Western Front."
"The soldier is on friendlier terms than other men with his stomach and intestines."
"Three-quarters of his vocabulary is derived from these regions, and they give an intimate flavour to expressions of his greatest joy as well as his deepest indignation."
"We are forlorn like children, and experienced like old men, we are crude and sorrowful and superficial—I believe we are lost."
"I am very quiet. Let the months and years come, they can take nothing from me, they can take nothing more."
"We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces."
"I am so alone, and so without hope that I can confront them without fear."
"I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow."
"I see how peoples are set against one another, and in silence, unknowingly, foolishly, obediently, innocently slay one another."
"I want to feel the same powerful, nameless urge that I used to feel when I turned to my books."
"The breath of desire that then arose from the coloured backs of the books, shall fill me again."
"Melt the heavy, dead lump of lead that lies somewhere in me and waken again the impatience of the future."
"The quick joy in the world of thought, it shall bring back again the lost eagerness of my youth."
"I sit and wait."
"There is a hole in my knee and there is a hole in my foot."
"My good boot is full of blood and my sock is full of blood."
"I can feel nothing, either in my knee or in my foot."
"We are bombarded with filings until there is nothing left."
"The years go by, and our senses lie to us, we cannot expect a little help from our luck or a little solace from our convictions."
"We are half-dead men."
"It is a tragic and courageous effort, it is the eternal contradiction between the dream of eternal peace and the silence of the eternal war."
"The war, the machine, the rumble of the guns, the explosions, the smoke, the death, the ruin, the ruins, the destruction, the desolation, the desolation."
"The stars and the sun, the stars and the stars, the stars and the stars."
"We are half-drowned."
"We are half-murdered."
"We are half-loved."
"We are half-hated."
"We are half-respected."
"We are half-pitied."
"We are half-despaired."
"We are not youth any longer. We don't want to take the world by storm. We are fleeing from ourselves, from our life. We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces."
"The soldier is on friendlier terms than other men with his stomach and intestines. Three-quarters of his vocabulary is derived from these regions, and they give an intimate flavour to expressions of his greatest joy as well as his deepest indignation."
"I am very quiet. Let the months and years come, they can take nothing from me, they can take nothing more. I am so alone, and so without hope that I can confront them without fear."
"I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. I see how peoples are set against one another, and in silence, unknowingly, foolishly, obediently, innocently slay one another."
"I want to feel the same powerful, nameless urge that I used to feel when I turned to my books. The breath of desire that then arose from the coloured backs of the books, shall fill me again, melt the heavy, dead lump of lead that lies somewhere in me and waken again the impatience of the future, the quick joy in the world of thought, it shall bring back again the lost eagerness of my youth. I sit and wait."
"We are half-destroyed, we are maimed, we are exhausted; we can neither walk nor run."
"He has fallen forward and I have fallen back. There is a hole in my knee and there is a hole in my foot. My good boot is full of blood and my sock is full of blood. I can feel nothing, either in my knee or in my foot."
"War is not a game."
"We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies."
"We must make allowances for the man who was badly hit at the front."
"It's queer, when one thinks about it, how regular things are."
"A man cannot realize that above such shattered bodies there are still human faces in which life goes its daily round."
"The wisest were just the poor and simple people. They knew the war to be a misfortune, whereas those who were better off, and should have been able to see more clearly what the consequences would be, were beside themselves with joy."
"It is a strange thing to be here, but it is stranger still to not be here."
"We are not youth any longer. We don't want to take the world by storm. We are fleeing from ourselves, from our life."
"All is quiet on the Western Front."
"At that time we were still innocent."
"We are not proud."
"They were supposed to be the ones who would help us back into life, into happiness. I am calm, completely calm."
"We have lost all feeling for one another."
"We sit opposite one another, Kat and I, two soldiers in shabby coats, cooking a goose in the middle of the night."
"It was only because I had let myself go a little, because for a moment I had forgotten my profession of faith."
"He has fallen forward and I have fallen back. There is a hole in my knee and there is a hole in my foot."
"But now, for the first time, I see you are a man like me. I thought of your hand-grenades, of your bayonet, of your rifle; now I see your wife and your face and our fellowship."
"We are the love, we are the hate."
"We are the friends, we are the enemies."
"We are the courage, we are the fear."
"We are the peace, we are the war."
"We are the dreams, we are the nightmares."
"We are the truth, we are the lies."
"We are the chaos, we are the order."
"We are the beginning, we are the end."
"We are the survivors, we are the fallen."
"We are the noise, we are the silence."
"We are the living, we are the dead."
"It is a great crime to blaspheme the earth which bore us and the sky that shelters us."
As we reflect on the profound impact of war and the human condition depicted in "All Quiet on the Western Front," it becomes evident that these timeless quotes serve as poignant reminders of the enduring toll of conflict on the individual and society.
In the echo of these powerful words, we are confronted with the brutal truths of war and the indelible scars it leaves upon the hearts and minds of those who survive it. "Quotes From All Quiet On The Western Front" serve not only as a literary masterpiece but also as a testament to the enduring power of literature to illuminate the darkest corners of human experience.
