Patrick Ness Quotes

A hospital alone shows what war is.

War makes monsters out of men.

This is what war does. Right here, in my hands. This is war.

War among men defiles this world.

War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.

War is hell. You can't photograph a flying bullet, but you can capture genuine fear.

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

Wars break things; they break stories.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

Yes, war is hell. It is awful. It involves human beings killing other human beings, sometimes innocent civilians. That is why we despise war.

Oftentimes, discussion of war gets flattened to a discussion of trauma.

I couldn't stand the idea of bloodshed, casualties.

There are scenes here and effects here that would make George S. Patton wince.

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.

War is hell. Hollywood fantasizes about it and makes it look good... war sucks.

How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.

Having seen war, you obviously learned to hate war.

War dehumanizes everyone.

There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery.

War is devastating, and it leaves its scars for generations.

Baneful indeed is the scourge of war.

It's a war zone. Terrible things happen.

There is no French town in which the wounds inflicted on the battle-field are not bleeding.