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Quotes About War

We were raised Methodists," Sue said. "But we converted to the Confederacy. There wasn't time for both." "War is hell," Ed deadpanned. "And it just might send us there.
~ Tony Horwitz
The President regards the Japanese as a brave people but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed.
~ Townsend Harris
William needs a good woman in his life. The war was hard on him. He had no heart for it.
~ Tracie Peterson
She was a vision . . . and she was his. She smiled at him and William felt the pain of his war wounds pass away. There was an entire future in that smile—a world of hope and the promise of unspeakable joy.
~ Tracie Peterson
The brutality of war could damage even the best of men.
~ Unknown
Dianthe wanted her to be the hero, the hardened flyer doing her part to win the war. But she wasn't a hero. She was a romantic. A foolish one, probably, giving up everything for the boy she loved.
~ Unknown
Love is hate War is Peace No is Yes And we're all free.
~ Tracy Chapman
Why does anyone fight a war? To protect a way of life, to find or support loved ones. To avenge those lost. Or maybe because it's a calling. Because someone has to. Because there's a line no enemy should be allowed to cross.
~ Unknown
What, exactly, are you doing here?" "We're trying to prevent a war. Isn't that what Jedi are supposed to do?" ?Mara Jade Skywalker and Alema Rar
~ Troy Denning
Gott Mit Uns! Nobiscum Deus! Emmanuel! Heil Hitler! Hail Victory! Seig Heil! Seig Heil! Seig Heil! Seig Heil! Seig Heil!
~ Unknown
Mortals did not need gods to order them to kill eachother. They were quite capable of finding reasons to do so themselves.
~ Trudi Canavan
Christine has that layer under her skin that cuts off her outside from her inside and allows no communication between the person she once believed she could be and the person she has in fact become. The one does not acknowledge the other's existence. The women from war are like that [...]
~ Tsitsi Dangarembga
Though a country be sundered, hills and rivers endure; And spring comes green again to trees and grasses Where petals have been shed like tears And lonely birds have sung their grief. ... After the war-fires of three months, One message from home is worth a ton of gold. ... I stroke my white hair. It has grown too thin To hold the hairpins any more.
~ Unknown
Countries can survive war and famines and disease. They cannot survive leaders who despise their own people.
~ Tucker Carlson
Which one do we want to be queen?" Sunny asked. "We get to pick, right? When we fulfill the prophecy?" "None of them," Starflight said gloomily. "Blaze is about as smart as a concussed sheep, Blister is most likely plotting to become queen of all the tribes somehow, and if Burn wins, she'll probably keep the war going just for fun.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
The SkyWing was holding the severed head of Queen Glory of the RainWings.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
The claws of war are no match for the wings of wisdom.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
I've been thinking about Clearsight," he said softly. "She wouldn't want a war or this life for her descendants or for the other two tribes. But I don't know how we're going to help everyone. We're just four normal little dragons." "I know," Cricket agreed. "Well, three normal little dragons and one vengeful warrior dragon with an arsenal of terrifying bugs." Sundew
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Glacier breathed between spasms of coughing. "There will be no War of IceWing Succession. Do you three understand me?
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Blue IceWing blood everywhere.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Description: thick, armored brown scales, sometimes with amber and gold underscales; large, flat heads with nostrils on top of the snout Abilities: can breathe fire (if warm enough), hold their breath for up to an hour, blend into large mud puddles; usually very strong Queen: Queen Moorhen Alliances: currently allied with Burn and the SkyWings in the great war
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Alliances: currently allied with Burn and the SkyWings in the great war
~ Tui T. Sutherland
General Sandstorm is already dead!
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Dawn, slowly filling Church Street with grey light, disclosed another day of war. Because it did this, this dawn bore no more resemblance to a peace-time dawn than the aspect of nature on a Sunday bears a resemblance to the aspect of nature on a weekday. Thus it seemed that dawn itself had been grimly harnessed to the war effort.
~ Patrick Hamilton