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“I don't like the definition 'war correspondent'. It is history, not journalism, that has condemned the Middle East to war. I think 'war correspondent' smells a bit, reeks of false romanticism: it has too much of the whiff of Victorian reporters who would view battles from hilltops in the company of ladies, immune to suffering, only occasionally glancing towards the distant pop-pop of cannon fire.”

Thinking War Suffering Bits Views Company Fire Too Much Middle Battle Definitions Pops Smell East Journalism Middle East Reporters Immune Romanticism Victorian Cannons

Author:Robert Fisk

“Grass is the forgiveness of nature-her constant benediction. Fields trampled with battle, saturated with blood, torn with the ruts of cannon, grow green again with grass and carnage is forgotten. Streets abandoned by traffic become grass-grown, like rural lanes and are obliterated. Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal.”

Source: Selections from the Writings of John J. Ingalls

“A man can no more be a Christian without facing evil and conquering it than he can be a soldier without going to battle, facing the cannon's mouth, and encountering the enemy in the field.”

Men Christian Evil Christianity Enemy Fields Battle Mouths Soldier Conquer Cannons

Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin

“I meant to write a song of battle, for storied deeds of war inspire; I seemed to hear the cannon thunder, I seemed to see the smoke and fire. But oh, the pathos of the ending when brave men conquered in the fight, knelt, kissing yielded blood-stained colors!--my eyes are blurred, I cannot write.”

Men Writing War Eye Song Fighting Fire Blood Inspire Color Battle Kissing Brave Deeds Smoke Thunder Brave Man Cannons Pathos Smoke And Fire

Book:Nadine and Other Poems

Source: Nadine and Other Poems

“Of the quaking recruit, three pitched battles make a grim grenadier; and he who shrank from the muzzle of a cannon, is now ready to yield his mustache for a sponge.”

Three Courage Ready Battle Yield Grim Cannons Sponges Mustache Recruit Muzzle

Book:Mardi: And a Voyage Thither

Source: Mardi: And a Voyage Thither

“The Sound of battle fell upon my ear & heart all day yesterday - even after dark the cannon's insatiate roar continued.”

Heart War Sound Dark Battle Ears Yesterday Civil War Cannons

Book:Wartime Washington: the Civil War letters of Elizabeth Blair Lee

Source: Wartime Washington: the Civil War letters of Elizabeth Blair Lee

“And this Atlantean Destroyer is now leading the Daimons and sending them out to battle against Acheron, who is just using us and the humans as cannon fodder to protect himself? Really, Kyros, put down the crack pipe...or go write children’s fantasy novels. I’ll bet you even know exactly who conspired to kill Kennedy, huh? I’m sure the money from D.B. Cooper is what financed your stunning collection of furniture. (Danger)”

Knows Writing Humans Children Fantasy Novel Danger Battle Protect Collections Cracks Furniture Pipe Stunning Destroyers Cannons Fodder Fantasy Novels

Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon