Quotes of: War-hero Keyword

Why is war so much like a practical joke? she thinks. Hiding behind bushes, leaping out, with not much difference between Boo! and Bang! except the blood.

MaddAddam

He scarcely knew who was battling whom, who was winning, who was losing, as though he hoped that by doggedly ignoring the war it would return the favor

And the Mountains Echoed

I feel sad for him. Sad for the boy bound to the killer. I am sad for the youth betrayed by their leaders for symbols and flags and war and power.

Mornings in Jenin

War had the effect of encouraging people to try to stay alive. Poverty, too. Survival was simply too hard-won to be given up lightly.

The Memory of Love

The New York Daily News suggested that my biggest war crime was not killing myself like a gentleman. Presumably Hitler was a gentleman.

Mother Night

The crime which is done now is that war has made a tool and slave of science, and man's knowledge, painfully and laboriously compiled, is made the instrument of man's destruction.

The Mouse the Roared

Only gay bars were full; the heterosexual joints were empty—the heteros massively committed to watching television with their falsely monogamous spouses.

The Making of Zombie Wars

God Incidents," were moments of time when, years later, I could see that the hand of God was guiding us toward His purpose.

A Mother's Side of War

Love is like war, and I am the picnic basket out on the battlefield. 

Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.

Dear friend, never do you go to war, So neither rush into strong wind nor Entirely put a trust in a distant event. (Two-pointed thorn)

Living In Differences

Pictures could not be accessories to the story -- evidence -- they had to contain the story within the frame; the best picture contained a whole war within one frame.

The Lotus Eaters

Christ--the quickest way to send a bloke mad is to let him go on re-fighting his war till he gets it right.

The Light Between Oceans

Do you know what love is? I'll tell you: it is whatever you can still betray.

The Looking Glass War

It was not only that he was a great man, but, oh, there was such fun in being led by him.

The Lion's Pride: Theodore Roosevelt and His Family in Peace and War

In the end, the truth will prevail. Good and evil keep at war. Whichever wins, future will believe it as the prevailing truth.

My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

Human relations, at least between the sexes, were carried on as relations between countries are now - with ambassadors, and treaties. The parties concerned met on the great occasion of the proposal. If this were refused, a state of war was declared.

Moments of Being

Blood looks like red wine, but doesn’t go as well with cheese. And too much is spilled in war. No wine should ever be spilled on a battlefield.

Sleepwalking is restercise

Avenia thinks they're battling a king. I doubt they're prepared to fight a boy who thinks childish pranks are practical strategies for war." "Aren't they?

The Shadow Throne

What a queer topsy turvy world it was. It used to be the man who went to the wars, the woman who stayed at home. But here the positions were reversed.

Taken at the Flood

We are not pleasant people here, for the story of war is always the story of hate; it makes no difference with whom one fights. The hate destroys you.

Three Came Home

...according to the teachings of Islam, war is to be waged not against the enemy but against the aggressor. (p. 49)

The True Jihad: The Concept of Peace, Tolerance and Non Violence in Islam