“ No soldier outlives a thousand chances. But every soldier believes in Chance and trusts his luck. Erich Maria Remarque
“ Where would the world be if we took every man to book? There were thousands of Kantoreks, all of whom were convinced that they were acting for the best- in a way that cost them nothing. Erich Maria Remarque
“ My healthy blood was powerless to cure the sick blood of my beloved. That was beyond understanding. And so is death. Erich Maria Remarque
“ I have awaited a storm that should deliver me, pluck me away and now it has come softly, even without my knowledge. But it is here. While I was despairing, thinking everything lost, it was already qui… Erich Maria Remarque
“ Give 'em all the same grub and all the same pay/And the war would be over and done in a day." - All Quiet On The Western Front, Ch. 3 Erich Maria Remarque
“ We lie under the network of arching shells and live in a suspense of uncertainty. If a shot comes, we can duck, that is all; we neither know nor can determine where it will fall." - All Quiet On The W… Erich Maria Remarque
“ Anyway, there were thousands of Kantoreks, all of them convinced that they were acting for the best, in a way that was the most comfortable for themselves.But as far as we are concerned, that is the v… Erich Maria Remarque
“ We will make ourselves comfortable and sleep, and eat as much as we can stuff into our bellies, and drink and smoke so that hours are not wasted. Life is short. Erich Maria Remarque
“ Let the months and years come, they can take nothing from me, they can take nothing more. I am so alone, and so without hope that I can confront them without fear. The life that has borne me through t… Erich Maria Remarque
“ We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces. The first bomb, the first explosion, burst in our hearts. We are cut off from activity, from striving, from… Erich Maria Remarque
“ Wir stehen unter der Tür. «Komm!» sagt sie.Ich schüttle den Kopf. «Ich kann nicht. Heute nicht.»Sie schweigt und sieht mich an, gerade und klar, ohne Vorwurf und ohne Enttäuschung; aber etwas in ihr s… Erich Maria Remarque
“ We have lost all sense of other considerations, because they are artificial. Only the facts are real and important to us. And good boots are hard to come by." - All Quiet On The Western Front, Ch. 2 Erich Maria Remarque
“ ...and without love, one is a dead man on furlough, nothing but a scrap of paper with a few dates and a chance name on it, and we as well die. Erich Maria Remarque
“ A neat little apartment with a neat little bourgeois life. A neat little security on the edge of the abyss. Do you really see that? Erich Maria Remarque
“ That is the remarkable thing about drinking: it brings people together so quickly, but between night and morning it sets an interval again of years. Erich Maria Remarque
“ Strange how complicated we can make things just to avoid showing what we feel! Erich Maria Remarque
“ Sweet words. Gentle deceptive balm. Help, love, to belong together, to come back again— words, sweet words. Nothing but words. How many words existed for this simple, wild, cruel attraction of two bod… Erich Maria Remarque
