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“War shapes itself around them, gunfire that sounds like pneumatic drilling, shelling that drums the earth and sends shudders into the house, the windows and the wooden floors rattling...”

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Book:Prophet Song

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Prophet Song

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Paul Lynch

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“Moreover, the labor of the exploited peoples round the Equator is not really necessary to the world's economy. They add nothing to the wealth of the world, since whatever they produce is used for purposes of war, and the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.”

War Labor Child Labor

Book:1984

Source: 1984

“The words have forasken us but we continue to write because the brave souls of Gaza continue to bleed. It is as if we are part of an endless funeral procession. The grief comes in waves, it ebbs and flows but mostly it crashes onto our hearts with great force and leaves us breathless. Helpless.”

War Grief Israel Genocide Palestine Gaza Aysha Taryam Survivor Guilt

Author:Aysha Taryam

“I am and will forever remain a simple soldier. In the heat of battle or in the midst of Hida's dance, the cadence of conflict replaces one's heartbeat, and we are lost to its music. You have found your rhythm with the fishline, and you must find your own with a sword and dance your way around the battle.”

Life Inspirational War Battle Perseverance

Book:The Sapphire Shore

Source: The Sapphire Shore

“When a war breaks out, everyone is on the wrong side.”

War Taking Sides

Author:Martin Larina

“These hands have long since stopped caring to ask. They know only to take. And it is all I can do to decide what they take, and what they do with it.”

War Tragedy

Book:The Sapphire Shore

Source: The Sapphire Shore

“Poetry ought to be a by-product of living, and you can't have a by-product unless you've got a product first.”

Poetry

Book:Crossing to Safety

Source: Crossing to Safety

“Tell your masters that I march to meet them in open war, tell them to be ready, that they have only given fuel to this insidious fire. You can continue playing your games of politics, my lords and ladies. I have a war to fight.”

War Politics Challenge

Book:The Sapphire Shore

Source: The Sapphire Shore

“A dying language is that of the blade, and one that spells destruction for any claiming fluency.”

War Battle

Book:The Sapphire Shore

Source: The Sapphire Shore

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