Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier

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"As I remember his laugh, there was nothing mad about it, it was more like the laugh of someone who has been the victim of a practical joke, a farce in which he had believed until suddenly he realized his folly."

Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier

"War always reaches the depths of horror because of idiots who perpetuate terror from generation to generation under the pretext of vengeance."

Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier

"Then there was the war, and I married it because there was nothing else when I reached the age of falling in love."

Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier

"No time to spare: the expression assumed its full significance, as so many expressions do in wartime."

Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier

"The problems I had existed before I did, and I discovered them."

Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier

"A day came when I should have died,and after than nothing seemed very important, so I stayed as I am, without regret separated from the normal human condition."

Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier

"Only victors have stories to tell,we the vanquished were then thought ofas cowards and weaklings whose memoriesand fears should not be remembered."

Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier

"A day came when I should have died, and after that nothing seemed very important. So I have stayed as I am, without regret, separated from the normal human condition."

Guy Sajer, The Forgotten Soldier