Quotes about War

from “Lair of the Monster” by Shon Mehta

The glory of war is for kings and queens, warlords and leaders. For commoners, war is harsh, glum, and menacing.

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War is not a fairy tale where someone is good, someone is bad, someone is hero, or someone is villain. In a war, everyone is working to serve their own interest.

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War is a smell — a smell of filth, a smell of sweat, a smell of flesh, a smell of blood, a smell of death; war is a stench that never goes away.

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In war stories, nobody gets to play the part they want, and no war story ever has a happy ending.

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The outcome of war is never good or better, it is only bad or worse, you can only choose between the bad and worse.

— Shon Mehta, Lair of The Monster