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Quotes About Tension

Humans want peace, not war. But, sometimes war is needed to establish peace!
~ Md. Ziaul Haque
Only in war does the madman become sane.
~ Anthony Ryan, Queen of Fire
On occasions the war was like a Ping-Pong ball. You could put fancy spin on it, you could make it dance.
~ Tim O'Brien
Sarat smiled at the thought. "You couldn't just let us kill ourselves in peace, could you?""Come now, " said Yousef. "Everyone fights an American war.
~ Omar El Akkad, American War
There is no Situation in which Arms can get an Answer. Arms only ensure, that there would Never be an Answer.
~ Vineet Raj Kapoor
You can't demand peace, but you can reduce the reasons for war.
~ Colin R. Turner
I was so tired of his being even-keeled in the face of all that was upsetting and ugly and illogical.
~ Sara Novi?, Girl at War
I'd prefer 'Bonnie Blue Flag', if you take requests…" Tom had turned and rested his elbows on the bar. His hand was inches from the Colt. These were the men he was looking for.
~ C.G. Faulkner, Unreconstructed
History is littered with the wars everybody knew could never happen.
~ Enoch Powell
She borrowed in harmony and paid back in war
~ Charmaine J. Forde
Imprisoned peace sets the war free
~ Munia Khan
The soldier stared at Ingrid. His silence was elastic, slowly curling a rope around her neck.
~ Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea
When civility is illusory, war is inevitable.
~ Steve Maraboli
Regarding war and peace—the seed of each is planted in the other.
~ Clifford Cohen
Regarding war and peace—the seeds of each are planted in the other.
~ Clifford Cohen
War is always a contest of words as well as of wounds.
~ Samuel Moyn
We being satiate with continual wars, let the desire of peace a little move us.
~ Erasmus, Against War
It is easier to start a war than to end it.
~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez
There's never peace in war....perhaps it exists in one's mind at the time.. however short-lived
~ Will Leamon
An arguing couple spiraling into negativity and teetering on the brink of divorce is actually mathematically equivalent to the beginning of a nuclear war.
~ Hannah Fry
There is no time to plan, there is no space to think. No respite. No forgiveness. There is only war.
~ Warhammer 40 000 Source Book
We are not enemies but we are just hostile to each other because of our different views and opinions.
~ Auliq Ice
The threat of war hung on the air like a thick fog and it blinded him until he could see nothing beyond the haze. Even the stars grew faint.
~ Brian A. McBride, Dominion
War isn't about making historywar is about breaking the present.
~ christoforos darbinian