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If people bring so much courage to this world, the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these, you can be sure it will kill you too, but there will be no special hurry.
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Pamela Shropshire
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“It is the body that is old. Sometimes I am afraid I will break off a finger as one breaks a stick of chalk. And the spirit is no older and not much wiser.”
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“Don’t talk about the war,“ I said. The war was a long way away. Maybe there wasn’t any war. There was no war here. Then I realized it was over for me. But I did not have the feeling that it was really over. I had the feeling of a boy who thinks of what is happening at a certain hour at the schoolhouse from which he has played truant.
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Pamela Shropshire
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…and then it was not your body anymore. The head was mine, and the inside of the belly. It was very hungry in there. I could feel it turned over on itself. The head was mine, but not to use, not to think with, only to remember and not too much remember.
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Pamela Shropshire
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Lying on the floor of the flat-car with the guns beside me under the canvas I was wet, cold, and very hungry. Finally, I rolled over and lay flat on my stomach with my head on my arms. My knee was stiff, but it had been very satisfactory. Valentini had done a fine job. I had done half the retreat on foot and swam part of the Tagliamento with his knee. It was his knee all right. Doctors did things to you …
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Pamela Shropshire
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I did not know what we had against Austria but it seemed logical that they should declare war on her if they did on Germany. They asked me if we would declare war on Turkey. I said that was doubtful. Turkey, I said, was our national bird but the joke translated so badly and they were so puzzled and suspicious that I said yes, we would probably declare war on Turkey. 😂
— Feb 22, 2026 12:40PM
Pamela Shropshire
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“It doesn’t finish. There is no finish to a war.”
“Yes there is.”
Passini shook his head. “War is not won by victory. What if we take San Gabriele? What if we take the Carso and Monfalcone and Trieste? Where are we then? Did you see all the far mountains today? Do you think we could take all of them too? Only if the Austrians stop fighting. One side must stop fighting. Why don’t we stop fighting?”
— Feb 17, 2026 12:26AM
“Yes there is.”
Passini shook his head. “War is not won by victory. What if we take San Gabriele? What if we take the Carso and Monfalcone and Trieste? Where are we then? Did you see all the far mountains today? Do you think we could take all of them too? Only if the Austrians stop fighting. One side must stop fighting. Why don’t we stop fighting?”
