“ You can no more look destiny in the face than you can look at the sun, and yet destiny is grey Henri Barbusse
“ ...patriotism has become a narrow offensive sentiment which as long as it lives will maintain war and exhaust the world Henri Barbusse
“ The love we have for our native land would be good and praiseworthy if it did not degenerate, as we see it does everywhere, into vanity, the spirit of predominance, acquisitiveness, hate, envy, nation… Henri Barbusse
“ Let everything be remade on simple lines. There is only one people, there is only one people! Henri Barbusse
“ I believe that around us there is only one word on all sides, one immense word which reveals our solitude and extinguishes our radiance: Nothing! I believe that that word does not point to our insigni… Henri Barbusse
“ Mais, j’aurai beau supplier, j’aurai beau me révolter, il n’y aura plus rien pour moi ; je ne serai, désormais, ni heureux, ni malheureux. Je ne peux pas ressusciter. Je vieillirai aussi tranquille qu… Henri Barbusse
