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“They said the younger they took me into the service, the better it would be for me. They said it would disrupt my life less if I got killed sooner.”

Book:We Bombed in New Haven: a play

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We Bombed in New Haven: a play

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Joseph Heller

Joseph Heller was an American novelist known for his satirical and black humor style. His novel 'Catch-22' is considered one of the greatest novels of the 20th century and has had a profound impact on literature. more

“You don’t think these wars are for lucre? Yes, cultural norms and fads bring temporary progress here and there, but that’s not a change in human morality. Inside we are all exactly the same as we have ever been and will always be until we extinguish ourselves soon enough. To believe otherwise is just a story you tell yourself to sleep at night.”

War Morality

Book:Heart the Lover

Source: Heart the Lover

“Men and boys always want to fight. They are always looking for a reason to go to war. It is the saddest thing. They have this abiding notion that war is fun. And no history lesson will convince them differently.”

War

Book:Because of Winn-Dixie

Source: Because of Winn-Dixie

“I am sonnets full of stardust within the meter of my skin.”

Poetry Sonnet Meter Skin Stardust Sonnets Patricia Robin Woodruff Starstuff

Author:Patricia Robin Woodruff

“A blinding light, the crack of wood, the weight of thunder. The sting of hail and the whistle of metal in the air. The melting of gravity and the splinter of bones. The taste of blood and smoke and the ring of death. (page 304)”

War Warfare Grenade Rebecca Ross Grenades Ruthless Vows

Author:Rebecca Ross, Ruthless vows

“Civil war—what does that mean? Is there a foreign war? Is not all war between men, war between brothers? War is qualified only by its object. There is no such thing as foreign or civil war; there is only just and unjust war.”

War

Book:Les Misérables

Source: Les Misérables

“Never think that wars are irrational catastrophes: they happen when wrong ways of thinking and living bring about intolerable situations.”

War

Author:Dorothy L. Sayers

“You cannot heal a war-inflicted planet while studying from the rulebook of colonialism, that planted the germs of most of those wars in the first place.”

War Colonialism World Peace Imperialism Geopolitics British Empire Decolonization Colonial History Western Imperialism Global Conflicts

Book:Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

Source: Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“A miracle or a war... quite an ultimatum.”

War Demand Miracle Bargain

Book:The Ashfire King

Source: The Ashfire King

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