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Erich Maria Remarque quotes

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“It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.” Erich Maria Remarque, “Three Comrades” - 1936

“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,...” Erich Maria Remarque, “All Quiet on the Western Front” - 1929

“Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.” Erich Maria Remarque, “Arch of Triumph” - 1945

“It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men.” Erich Maria Remarque, “All Quiet on the Western Front” - 1929

“now, for the first time, I see you are a man like me. I thought of your hand-grenades, of your bayonet, of your rifle; now I see your wife and your face and our fellowship.” Erich Maria Remarque, “All Quiet on the Western Front” - 1929

“all love has the desire for eternity and that therein lies its eternal torment. Nothing lasts. Nothing.” Erich Maria Remarque, “Three Comrades” - 1936

“We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces.” Erich Maria Remarque, “All Quiet on the Western Front” - 1929

“you may turn into an archangel, a fool or a criminal—no one will see it. But when a button is missing—everyone sees that.” Erich Maria Remarque, “Arch of Triumph” - 1945

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All Quiet on the Western Front (4)
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Arch of Triumph (2)