International Brigade Quotes

“The world is strange, stranger than we imagine, stranger than we can imagine.”
― Clifford Thurlow, Luath Press Ltd We Shall Pass.

“Life has mysterious patterns. Some things, even when they appear unfathomable, are meant to be.”
― Clifford Thurlow, Luath Press Ltd We Shall Pass.

“It seemed as if man felt eternally alone and needed to follow leaders, religious and political, even into the wilderness of their own worst instincts.”
― Clifford Thurlow, Luath Press Ltd We Shall Pass.

“Their bodies touched. They weren’t cold. They were burning. They made love beneath the olive trees in the glow of the icy moon. It was the right thing to do. The only thing to do. There was just that moment and they knew that it would make every moment of the days to come more terrifying.”
― Clifford Thurlow, Luath Press Ltd We Shall Pass.

“Life has mysterious patterns, that some things, even when they appear unfathomable, were meant to be.”
― Clifford Thurlow, We Shall Pass

“They had never sat together like this – real coffee in a café; people living normal lives. It’s the small things that matter most, the trivialities, the daily routines. We struggle and dream, strive for purpose and meaning, but ten minutes having coffee with friends in a Spanish café. These are the things that make us human, the things we remember.”
― Clifford Thurlow, We Shall Pass

“The days of our lives are quickly forgotten. War days are vivid, protracted, indelible. We are as moths who singe our wings and still fly back into the flame. The soldier exists in a private hell half deaf and half blinded by poisonous fumes.”
― Clifford Thurlow, We Shall Pass