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“But the old man would not so, but slew his son,
And half the seed of Europe, one by one.”
― The War Poems
And half the seed of Europe, one by one.”
― The War Poems

“What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven.”
― Damned
― Damned

“These men are worth your tears. You are not worth their merriment.”
― The Poems of Wilfred Owen
― The Poems of Wilfred Owen

“One can live for years sometimes without living at all, and then all life comes crowding into one single hour.”
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―

“There is only one kind of shock worse than the totally unexpected: the expected for which one has refused to prepare.”
― The Charioteer
― The Charioteer
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