Key quotes from All Quiet on the Western Front
Warfare Quotes
HERR MEYER: Mr. Postman. War is war and schnapps is schnapps, but business must go on. You didn't leave the mail yet this morning.HIMMELSCHLOSS: I'm sorry, Mr. Meyer.
Patriotism Quotes
KANTOREK: You are the life of the fatherland, you boys. You are the iron men of Germany. You are the gay heroes who will repulse the enemy when you are called upon to do so.
Dreams, Hopes, and Plans Quotes
KANTOREK: Some of you may have ambitions. I know of one young man who has great promise as a writer. He has written the first act of a tragedy which would be a credit to one of the masters. And he...
Mortality Quotes
PETER: Where are all the guns? That's what I want to know.PAUL: Oh, you don't get a gun for a long while yet.PETER: Well, if I'm gonna bump off the enemy, I gotta have some practice.MUELLER: Bayone...