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“IsoldA: The only way to be alone is to behave as though we are alone already.”

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Victor Pelevin is a renowned Russian writer known for his unique literary style and profound philosophical insights. His works often blend reality with fantasy, exploring issues of modern society and the meaning of human existence. more

“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 of his deepest indignation. It is impossible to express oneself in any other way so clearly and pithily. Our families and our teachers will be shocked when we go home, but here it is the universal language.”

Source: All quiet on the western front and related readings

“Yes, that's the way they think, these hundred thousand Kantoreks! Iron Youth! Youth! We are none of us more than twenty years old. But young? That is long ago. We are old folk.”

Thinking Way Years Long Young Youth Thousand Hundred Twenties Folks Iron Long Ago

Book:All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel

Source: All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel

“To me the front is a mysterious whirlpool. Though I am in still water far away from its centre, I feel the whirl of the vortex sucking me slowly, irresistibly, inescapably into itself.”

Feels Stills Water Fronts Mysterious Far Away Centre Vortex Whirlpools Still Waters

Book:All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel

Source: All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel

“The war has ruined us for everything.”

War Ruined

Book:All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel

Source: All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel

“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.”

Faces Moving Form Darkness Bird Sticks Fingers Rounds Fence Hook Wire Eyebrows Mesh Storks

Author:Erich Maria Remarque

“Trenches, hospitals, the common grave--there are no other possibilities.”

Common Possibility Graves Hospitals Trenches

Book:Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front

Source: Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front

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