The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem it is generally employed only by small children and large nations

Ne, nisu jučer ubili majku, srušili kuću. Ubili su, babo, moje djetinjstvo, mladost, snove, sav moj život.

His idleness was his refuge, and in this he was like many others in [occupied] France in that period; laziness became political.

A soldier wages war, and for what, minimum wage? I’d rather make love for free—or better still, get paid to have sex.

But I will never ask anyone from our village-from any village in Tlanth-to risk his or her life unless I'm willing to myself.

War is not one-sided. It takes two blades to clash. It matters little who comes out on top, there is still a dead man at the end.

You have no idea what it is like to watch two blind people fighting. Fighting has always been, more or less, a form of blindness.

The word may be mightier than the sword, but except for the s they are pretty much the same. Both are used to kill--and to save.

My father's haunting memories of war had been transformed into my own haunting memories. Such is the power of war and memory.

Our culture has become so obsessed with celebrity that it’s easy to confuse fame with success. They are not the same thing.

Most governments strive to keep the masses from thinking; if the masses began to think the government would not be in power - rjs

I know you’re scared, Letti, but sweetheart…you haven’t seen anything yet. You’ve not known true fear...

Every time a war ends, under a beautiful sun, on the face of a crying child; I see a rainbow of hope over the innocent teardrops.

War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.

There is no moral difference between a Stealth bomber and a suicide bomber. They both kill innocent people for political reasons.