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“So many millions of men and women, from high-ranking officials to regular folks like us, making the moral choice of not giving in to the dark—but doing what was right, no matter what.”

Book:I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv

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“In Urdu we have a saying: aik lari main pro kay rakhna. Literally translated, it means the string that holds the pearls together. That is what my mother was. She was the string that held our family together. Since her death, the string has been broken and life has not been the same. We feel alone and we feel lost.”

War Mother Motherhood Urdu

Author:Zubair Rehman

“Te amo sin saber cómo, ni cuándo, ni de dónde, te amo directamente sin problemas ni orgullo: así te amo porque no sé amar de otra manera, sino así de este modo en que no soy ni eres, tan cerca que tu mano sobre mi pecho es mía, tan cerca que se cierran tus ojos con mi sueño.”

Love Poetry

Book:The essential Neruda: selected poems

Source: The essential Neruda: selected poems

“But time did not work like a fairytale. So many books and movies I had read an seen had everything fall into place at the exact moment. The happy ending. The hero was ready for the final battle and won. Life was not like that. It didn't cater to you, to the outcome you wanted. I was not ready for war, but war was ready for me.”

War

Book:Shadow Lands

Source: Shadow Lands

“Death was dressed like you, talked like you, acted like you, and was just waiting for you to make one mistake and the heavens would open, and death would rain down on you.”

War Non Fiction Memoirs History Politics Bush War

Book:Skuzapo: The untold story

Source: Skuzapo: The untold story

“In war, truth is the first casualty. Everyone has their own version of what’s right and wrong, but reality gets twisted in the heat of battle.”

War Truth American Civil War

Book:High Hearts

Source: High Hearts

“we have imagined that the war was being fought by aging men like ourselves. We had forgotten that wars were fought by babies.”

War

Book:SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE

Source: SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE

“Both good and bad were destroyed and thrown on the rubbish dump of war”

War History Special Forces Rhodesia Bush War Selous Scouts Pseudo Operators

Book:Skuzapo: The untold story

Source: Skuzapo: The untold story

“To beat or destroy your enemy, you’ll have to first find him and bring him to battle”

War History Special Forces Rhodesia Bush War Selous Scouts Skuzapo Military Memoirs

Book:Skuzapo: The untold story

Source: Skuzapo: The untold story

“Ми самі створюємо своє майбутнє. Двадцять чотири години на добу, сім днів на тиждень. Авторство належить кожному - і ніхто не зможе оголосити себе непричетним. Долі так схотілося, щоб я був старший за свою країну. Та я зроблю все, щоб мої онуки були молодші за неї.”

War україна майбутнє

Author:Павло Казарін

“به تماشای بچه ها مشغول شد. آنها با بی حالی روی جمن به دنبال هم مبدوبدند، از تکه چوبی به عنوان تفنگ استفاده میکردند و با دهانشان صدای گلوله در می آوردند و با دویدنشان توده ای از خاک به هوا میفرستادند. مشغول جنگ بازی بودند. چهار پسر. دیروز پنج نفر بودند.”

War Kids Nigeria

Book:Half of a Yellow Sun

Source: Half of a Yellow Sun

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