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Quotation from All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

“Comrade, I did not want to kill you.”

Erich Maria Remarque (spoken by Paul Bäumer)

All Quiet on the Western Front, Chapter IX, trans. A. W. Wheen

Trapped in a shell-hole with the French soldier he has stabbed, Paul speaks to the dying and then dead man and begs forgiveness.

Citation: "Comrade, I did not want to kill you." — Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front, Chapter IX, trans. A. W. Wheen. (id all-quiet-on-the-western-front-q6)

Virtues: Charity

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