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Erich Maria Remarque Quotes

My rage outweighs my shame, as always happens when one is really ashamed and knows he ought to be Picture Quote #1

The train goes slowly. From time to time it stops, so that the dead can be taken off. It stops a lot Picture Quote #1

Never do anything complicated when something simple will serve as well. It's one of the most important secrets of living Picture Quote #1

You take it from me, we are losing the war because we can salute too well Picture Quote #1

Life is a disease, and death begins already at birth. Every breath, every heartbeat, is a moment of dying - a little shove toward the end Picture Quote #1

Our damnable memory is a sieve. It wants to survive. And survival is only possible through forgetfulness Picture Quote #1

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We are not youth any longer. We don’t want to take the world by storm. We are fleeing. We fly from ourselves. From our life. We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces Picture Quote #1

Am I jealous? he thought, astonished. Jealous of the chance object to which she has attached herself? Jealous of something that does not concern me? One can be jealous of a love that has turned away, but not of that to which it has turned Picture Quote #1

... but that’s what mankind is like: they only prize what they no longer possess Picture Quote #1

Good or ill, life is life; you only realize that when you have to risk it Picture Quote #1

I want to think and at the same time that’s the last thing in the world I want to do Picture Quote #1

The wisest were just the poor and simple people. They knew the war to be a misfortune, whereas those who were better off, and should have been able to see more clearly what the consequences would be, were beside themselves with joy Picture Quote #1

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To me the front is a mysterious whirlpool. Though I am in still water far away from its centre, I feel the whirl of the vortex sucking me slowly, irresistibly, inescapably into itself Picture Quote #1

I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. I see how peoples are set against one another, and in silence, unknowingly, foolishly, obediently, innocently slay one another Picture Quote #1

Little by little things began to assume a new aspect. The sense of insecurity vanished, words came of themselves, I was no longer so painfully conscious of everything I said. I drank on and felt the great soft wave approach and embrace me; the dark hour began to fill with pictures and stealthily the noiseless procession of dreams appeared again superimposed on the dreary, grey landscape of existence Picture Quote #1

The music enchanted the air. It was like the south wind, like a warm night, like swelling sails beneath the stars, completely and utterly unreal... It made everything spacious and colourful, the dark stream of life seemed pulsing in it; there were no burdens any more, no limits; there existed only glory and melody and love, so that one simply could not realize that, at the same time as this music was, outside there ruled poverty and torment and despair Picture Quote #1

This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war Picture Quote #1

The miracle has passed me by; it has touched but not changed me; I still have the same name and I know I will probably bear it until the end of my days; I am no phoenix; resurrection is not for me; I have tried to fly but I am tumbling like a dazzled, awkward rooster back to earth, back behind the barbed wires Picture Quote #1

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The storm lashes us, out of the confusion of grey and yellow the hail of splinters whips forth the childlike cries of the wounded, and in the night shattered life groans painfully into silence. Our hands are earth, our bodies clay and our eyes pools of rain. We do not know whether we are still alive Picture Quote #1

The death of one man is a just death, the death of two millions is a statistic Picture Quote #1

For us lads of eighteen they ought to have been mediators and guides to the world of maturity, the world of work, of duty, of culture, of progress - to the future Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I used to think that one day I should wake up, and all that had been would be over. forgotten, sunk, drowned. Nothing was sure - not even memory Picture Quote #1

He begins to notice that he has been turned out of the silent company of the trees, the animals, the stars, and the unconscious life Picture Quote #1

Life is a disease, brother, and death begins already at birth. Every breath, every heartbeat, is a moment of dying - a little shove toward the end Picture Quote #1

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I wandered through the streets thinking of all the things I might have said and might have done had I been other than I was Picture Quote #1

For a moment I had a strange intuition that just this, and in a real, profound sense, is life; and perhaps happiness even love with a mixture of sadness, reverence, and silent knowledge Picture Quote #1

We agree that it's the same for everyone; not only for us here, but everywhere, for everyone who is of our age; to some more, and to others less. It is the common fate of our generation Picture Quote #1

We are forlorn like children, and experienced like old men, we are crude and sorrowful and superficial - I believe we are lost Picture Quote #1

No soldier outlives a thousand chances. But every soldier believes in chance and trusts his luck Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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My rage outweighs my shame, as always happens when one is really ashamed and knows he ought to be (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) The train goes slowly. From time to time it stops, so that the dead can be taken off. It stops a lot (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) Never do anything complicated when something simple will serve as well. It's one of the most important secrets of living (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) You take it from me, we are losing the war because we can salute too well (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) Life is a disease, and death begins already at birth. Every breath, every heartbeat, is a moment of dying - a little shove toward the end (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) Our damnable memory is a sieve. It wants to survive. And survival is only possible through forgetfulness (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) We are not youth any longer. We don’t want to take the world by storm. We are fleeing. We fly from ourselves. From our life. We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) Am I jealous? he thought, astonished. Jealous of the chance object to which she has attached herself? Jealous of something that does not concern me? One can be jealous of a love that has turned away, but not of that to which it has turned (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) ... but that’s what mankind is like: they only prize what they no longer possess (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) Good or ill, life is life; you only realize that when you have to risk it (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) I want to think and at the same time that’s the last thing in the world I want to do (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) The wisest were just the poor and simple people. They knew the war to be a misfortune, whereas those who were better off, and should have been able to see more clearly what the consequences would be, were beside themselves with joy (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) To me the front is a mysterious whirlpool. Though I am in still water far away from its centre, I feel the whirl of the vortex sucking me slowly, irresistibly, inescapably into itself (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. I see how peoples are set against one another, and in silence, unknowingly, foolishly, obediently, innocently slay one another (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) Little by little things began to assume a new aspect. The sense of insecurity vanished, words came of themselves, I was no longer so painfully conscious of everything I said. I drank on and felt the great soft wave approach and embrace me; the dark hour began to fill with pictures and stealthily the noiseless procession of dreams appeared again superimposed on the dreary, grey landscape of existence (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) The music enchanted the air. It was like the south wind, like a warm night, like swelling sails beneath the stars, completely and utterly unreal... It made everything spacious and colourful, the dark stream of life seemed pulsing in it; there were no burdens any more, no limits; there existed only glory and melody and love, so that one simply could not realize that, at the same time as this music was, outside there ruled poverty and torment and despair (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) The miracle has passed me by; it has touched but not changed me; I still have the same name and I know I will probably bear it until the end of my days; I am no phoenix; resurrection is not for me; I have tried to fly but I am tumbling like a dazzled, awkward rooster back to earth, back behind the barbed wires (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) The storm lashes us, out of the confusion of grey and yellow the hail of splinters whips forth the childlike cries of the wounded, and in the night shattered life groans painfully into silence. Our hands are earth, our bodies clay and our eyes pools of rain. We do not know whether we are still alive (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) The death of one man is a just death, the death of two millions is a statistic (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) For us lads of eighteen they ought to have been mediators and guides to the world of maturity, the world of work, of duty, of culture, of progress - to the future (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) Sometimes I used to think that one day I should wake up, and all that had been would be over. forgotten, sunk, drowned. Nothing was sure - not even memory (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) He begins to notice that he has been turned out of the silent company of the trees, the animals, the stars, and the unconscious life (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) Life is a disease, brother, and death begins already at birth. Every breath, every heartbeat, is a moment of dying - a little shove toward the end (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) I wandered through the streets thinking of all the things I might have said and might have done had I been other than I was (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) For a moment I had a strange intuition that just this, and in a real, profound sense, is life; and perhaps happiness even love with a mixture of sadness, reverence, and silent knowledge (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) We agree that it's the same for everyone; not only for us here, but everywhere, for everyone who is of our age; to some more, and to others less. It is the common fate of our generation (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) We are forlorn like children, and experienced like old men, we are crude and sorrowful and superficial - I believe we are lost (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) No soldier outlives a thousand chances. But every soldier believes in chance and trusts his luck (Erich Maria Remarque Quotes) 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 Quotes)

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