Whats going on outside, Ravic? Nothing new, Kate. The world goes on eagerly preparing for suicide and at the same time deluding itself about what its doing. Will there be war? Everyone knows that there will be war. What one does not yet know is when. Everyone expects a miracle. Ravic smiled. Never before have I seen so many politicians who believe in miracles as at present in France and England. And never so few as in Germany. She remained lying silent for a while. To think that it should be possible she said then. Yes it seems so impossible that it will happen some day. Just because one considers it so impossible and doesnt protect oneself against it.

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Erich Maria Remarque was a 19th-century German novelist. Erich Maria Remarque was a German novelist. His landmark novel All Quiet on the Western Front (1928), based on his experience in the Imperial German Army during World War I, was an international bestseller which created a new literary genre of veterans writing about conflict. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Politics — Governance, civic duty, and the structures of power
  • War — Reflections on conflict, peace, and the human cost of war

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